false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223663287m/526586.jpg 384077 4 Not bad stories, whatever the title. Rather, Gary Lutz's debut collection shimmers with a spare, elegant prose and a witty sensibility rare for such a young writer. Each story flashes by so quickly it's difficult to get your bearings before its gone and the next is thrust upon you. Even the sentences barely pause for breath: "I was a flask shaped man in a velor shirt sitting at long lunchroom tables in business schools, cosmetology schools, junior colleges, community colleges." 373833 1996 Stories in the Worst Way total:241|5:133|4:66|3:28|2:10|1:4| 241 1037 406 48 1 5 false false Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 14:20:11 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 14:23:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Thu Jan 24 16:15:42 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 16:25:14 -0800 2008 5 2 false false Thu May 15 00:11:48 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 00:20:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Jan 05 15:03:47 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 15:20:45 -0800 2008
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I would love to leave this review at that, but first it looks lazy and secondly next to a review whining about not being able to tell the gender of the characters is is sadly unconvincing. T...more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 20:53:15 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 21:02:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 15:16:14 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 19:40:23 -0700 2009
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“It costs a lot to put out a book, and all the dressing is for a good purpose — it shows clearly too that most people don’t care about getting good books: what they really wan...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 22:05:27 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 16:24:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Jan 31 17:50:17 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 17:50:17 -0800 2009
No received language. Each word arrives singly and potently: “jinkly bickering music we frittered”

Lines hit home:

“Every song was the worst way I could think of to ask for what I did not yet k...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 01:22:23 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 15:53:43 -0700 2009 Ok I finished it and didn't update this-I read it all in two days.
Beautiful, awkward, inviting, strange. Greatness? I think so. I recommend it to people curious about innovation. If you've ever thought of how not to write stori...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 10:08:17 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 10:09:02 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Apr 30 16:47:51 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 30 16:55:38 -0700 2007 "In the parking lot, I met a man carrying a basketful of laundry. He explained that he had just washed his clothes but there was something unutterably troubli...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat May 23 07:26:16 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 07:26:31 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Mar 24 09:28:01 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 09:28:12 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Dec 05 09:00:34 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 09:24:54 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 06 14:20:44 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 14:20:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 21 08:58:15 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 14 20:44:49 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 10:08:41 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 13:21:19 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=526586