All Over

by Roy Kesey
All Over
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43 ratings, 4.12 average rating, 9 reviews (more data...)
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published
October 23rd 2007 by Dzanc Books

binding
Perfect Paperback

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0979312302    (isbn13: 9780979312304)

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The debut story collection from Kesey includes 19 stories that have been published in literary journals such as Ninth Letter, McSweeney's and The Keny...more




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Dennis
12/23/07
Dennis rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in October, 2007
recommends it for: anyone starved for good stories
It was my own fault.

See, I was only partially-prepared for the pleasure that awaited me--in reading Roy Kesey's debut story collection.

Halfway through, or thereabouts, I felt as though Gabo Marquez had gotten together with Kenneth Fearing, Kurt Vonnegut and Franz Kafka in my brain pan, for collaboration on a manifesto that not even any of those guys know where it's gonna go. By the time I finished reading, suffice it to say that I'd cracked up, misted up, scratched my he...more
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John
01/17/09
John rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in September, 2008
recommended to John by: Best American Short Stories, '08
recommends it for: readers who like a laugh, a shock, a challenge
Uproarious yet unsettling, Roy Kesey's first collection of stories combines a joshing respect for the forms he appropriates -- he has fictions based on everything from the job interview (“Interview”) to the international crime thriller (“Follow the Money”) -- w/ a phrase-coining shamelessness. Again & again ALL OVER shoots booming through the cliché barrier into the electrifying pleasures of language off the chain. He works in Americana, deadheaded & mall-worthy, & also in high rhetori...more
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Heather Fowler
04/17/09
Heather Fowler rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: people-i-know
I have always enjoyed Roy Kesey's narrative voice--clever and funny in turns, just as it is poignant. This book of stories was a joy to read. I'd recommend it for anyone who likes Tim O'Brien blended with Borges, blended with that special spark of style that's all Roy Kesey. For lovers of lovers and lovers of stories, I do recommend this book. Kesey had me in his hand. He didn't drop me.
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Tania
01/22/08
Tania rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: just-read-and-loved
Read in April, 2008
recommended to Tania by: Dzanc books
recommends it for: fans of sharp, clear, minimalist writing which plays with language
My review is up on The Short Review at http://www.theshortreview.com/reviews/Ro... along with more reviews of short story collections and anthologies.
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Myfanwy
01/26/08
Myfanwy rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in January, 2008
This collection is unlike any I've ever read--a wild ride. My two favorite stories in the collection were: "Invunche y voladora" and "Fontanel".
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Tim
05/07/08
Tim rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in December, 2007
I still wish "Asuncion" was in this one.
http://thelmagazine.com/6/2/bookpage/fea...
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Suzanne Burns
05/08/08
Suzanne Burns rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in February, 2008
recommended to Suzanne by: Dzanc Books
recommends it for: short story readers, everyone
The best word to describe Roy Kesey is clever, clever in the best sense. I loved this book.
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Alan
12/23/08
Alan marked it as to-read

bookshelves: short-stories, to-read
recommended to Alan by: www.theshortreview.com
got to re-order this as they're out of stock at the amazon marketplace place.
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Denise
11/08/07
Denise rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in November, 2007
Not bad. Sometimes funny.
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Stephanie
06/15/09
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Kyle Minor
05/29/09
Kyle Minor rated it: 5 of 5 stars


Yoo-Hyun Oak
05/27/09
Yoo-Hyun Oak rated it: 4 of 5 stars


Doug
05/24/09
Doug rated it: 5 of 5 stars


Amy
04/19/09
Amy rated it: 3 of 5 stars


Catherine
04/14/09
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Brian
03/05/09
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Elaine
02/23/09
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Monkeybicycle
01/31/09
Monkeybicycle rated it: 5 of 5 stars


Timmy
01/23/09
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J a E F A I
01/18/09
J a E F A I rated it: 2 of 5 stars



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