Your Love Is Murder or the Case of the Mangled Pie

by Paul Hong

With an eclectic mix of plots and eccentric characters, the short stories of this collection make it possible to both fall in love with Julia, an adolescent guerrilla, and witness Robin wax philosophic with Batman on regret and loss. Paul Hong unloads animals, superheroes, Korean children, and a Native elder onto the landscape of Toronto with an ample store of his characteristic, and unexpected, style. The stories use a blend of hearsay, folklore, and opaque traditions to examine the everyday mysteries and the magic buried within the mundane.

114 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2006

Reviews

[Ken Sparling · Rating 5 out of 5]

What I learned from this book: Paul Hong is a great, funny, beautiful writer.