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The Best of McSweeney's Volume 2 (The Best Of McSweeney's #2)
by
Dave Eggers
The Best of McSweeney's Volume 2 the second instalment of Dave Eggers's crash course in what McSweeney's is all about brings together more stories from the first ten issues of the magazine. Jonathan Ames, Judy Budnitz, Glen David Gold, Jonathan Lethem and A.M. Homes are amongst the writers spreading their wings in this fine collection and showing once more why McSweeney's...more
Hardcover, 384 pages
Published
August 25th 2005
by Hamish hamilton
(first published January 1st 2004)
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I really liked Paul LaFarge's story 'The Observers' and will be buying some books authored by he, Collins and Shepard. I suppose collections like this give you a taste of work that is more alternative and experimental and for this reason, I found the book worthwhile. Some of the later entries were not as interesting, however, and my interest waned somewhat.
Oct 19, 2010
Ian Russell
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
lovers of esoteric shorts
Shelves:
short-stories
This is more like it. A great collection of contemporary short-stories by American writers, so diverse I didn't know what to expect next, it kept me guessing all the way.
It kicked off with a good start, a kind of surreal sci-fi, Twilight Zone; bizarre and yet perfect. Then there followed a macabre account of parenticide in a dystopian alternative culture, then a journal of an AWOL soldier and his correspondence with his decorated, green beret, war-hero, macho but recreationally gay, dad - a stor...more
It kicked off with a good start, a kind of surreal sci-fi, Twilight Zone; bizarre and yet perfect. Then there followed a macabre account of parenticide in a dystopian alternative culture, then a journal of an AWOL soldier and his correspondence with his decorated, green beret, war-hero, macho but recreationally gay, dad - a stor...more
This collection of short stories should have something that provides for everyone. I highly recommend Zadie Smith's 'The Girl With The Bangs'
1. No Justice, No Foul, by Jim Stallard, may be the best short story to reference the supreme court of the United States of America ever written.
2. The Tears of Squonk, and What Happened Thereafter, by Glenn David Gould is both moving and elegantly written.
And everything else in this collection is gravy.
2. The Tears of Squonk, and What Happened Thereafter, by Glenn David Gould is both moving and elegantly written.
And everything else in this collection is gravy.
Feb 04, 2008
Enzo
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
People who want to read a diverse collection of short stories
This is truly a mixed bag, but it even says in the introduction that you must be a weirdo if you enjoy all of the stories in the collection.
My favorite by far was Glen David Gold's "The Tears of Squonk, and What Happened Thereafter."
My favorite by far was Glen David Gold's "The Tears of Squonk, and What Happened Thereafter."
My favorite stories were The Tears of Squonk, and What Happened Thereafter and Banvard's Folly. There were two I didn't like I guess, but that's not important.
How thoughtful of Dave Eggers to include a 60-page story he wrote, which is also in his own collection of short stories.
Oct 17, 2007
Arjan Deutekom
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
(future) short story lovers
Lovely short stories, well written, provocative, intimate, clever. Only one of the 15+ stories didn't agree with me,..
Like any grab-bag short story book, there are some great stories in here, and some I could have done without.
Partially won over by the cover art, not gonna lie.
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Dave Eggers is the author of six previous books, including his most recent, A Hologram for the King, about a struggling businessman pursuing a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great. In this novel the author takes us around the world to show how one man fights to hold himself and his splintering family together in the face of...more
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