Status
Available
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Publication
McSweeney's (2006), Paperback, 256 pages
User reviews
LibraryThing member sbloom42
Holly Tavel's "The Last Words" is worth the price of admission for this collection. It is a brilliant story. The rest range from meh to pretty good. The Joyce Carol Oates story, "Grandpa Clemens & Angelfish 1906", was too deflating to an idol of American literature for me to really enjoy. There's
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something to be said for keeping author's private lives separate from their public personas. "The Pram" is a good old-fashioned spooky campfire story that gave me goosebumps. But "The Last Words" is really the last word in this anthology. Show Less
LibraryThing member RobertOK
I remember this one as a good issue with good artwork, reprints of real letters sent to Ray Charles, a scary story from Roddy Doyle, and Mark Twain documented as a pervy grandpa by Joyce Carol Oates.
LibraryThing member Fiddleback_
First and last are best.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
278 p.; 21 cm
ISBN
1932416617 / 9781932416619