false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1212756082m/3400202.jpg 3400202 1 "Sharp, bold, and deeply affecting, Jackie Corley's stories are like poetry made from the gritty stuff of hard-scrabble life. Dead garden snakes and forgotten video games, gravestone statues that seem to dance in the night: in Corley's able hands, the mundane, even the ugly, are transformed. The young men and women who struggle through her slim, piercing collection, stay with you long after you've finished reading; tough-talking and scarred, tattooed and tender, they search Corley's dirty, sparkling New Jersey streets for something always just out of reach. A fiercely original debut. Corley is a talent to watch." - Scott Snyder, author of <i>Voodoo Heart</i> "Finally a 20-something author who is neither precious nor coddled. Finally a young writer who writes about life as it actually is instead of some trust fund prick's fantasy of America. Jackie Corley is almost completely alone among the new set of writers in that she is actually telling stories about real humans. And she is telling them well, with the kind of immediacy that most young writers have had beaten out of them in MFA factories. Corley is original and unforgiving. I cannot say enough about Jackie Corley. She doesn't flinch. Read this book." - Ian Spiegelman, author of <i>Welcome to Yesterday</i> and <i>Everyone's Burning</i> "I am tempted to compare Jackie Corley's writing to a strong cup of coffee. It wakes you up, it gets you addicted, and sometimes it's burning hot. Or I could say it's like whiskeyÐit's strong, it blurs your vision, and gives you the guts to face the hard truths and bitter pains of life. But forget about those liquid comparisons, because Corley's work is solid! <i>The Suburban Swindle</i> unleashes a new, bold, American voice that you'd be foolish to ignore." - Kevin Sampsell, author of <i>Creamy Bullets</i> 3440220 book 15 10 2008 The Suburban Swindle total:17|5:9|4:8|3:0|2:0|1:0| 17 77 40 8 3400202 0977815153 17 8 4.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1212756082m/3400202.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3400202.The_Suburban_Swindle 4 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jul 28 20:18:06 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 17 11:16:41 -0800 2009
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