The Roaring Girl
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Book Overview
From "an eerily original, powerfully moving distinctive voice" (Time Out) comes a collection of funny, disturbing suburban tales that invite comparisons to Raymond Carver and Flannery O'Connor. Winner... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0399142223
ISBN13:9780399142222
Release Date:March 1997
Publisher:G.P. Putnam's Sons
Length:196 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 12 and higher
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Great read!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Hollingshead has a hand of mixing different levels of weirdness together in a way that fascinate me but are even to an extent retraceable. Notice for instance how the protagonist of one of the short stories is under the influence of hallucinogenic mushrooms and then tries to leave his front door. This scene is brilliantly described. These different levels of weirdness create a very strong atmosphere that is defining the unfolding story. I very much liked the mood of the gas station in "The Roaring Girl" or the strange people who come and show some slides to the protagonist family. Hollingshead is almost unique - the only other writer, and also a short story writer at that, is Rick Bass ("The Watch").
A Surprise Blast!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Greg Hollingshead writes with the same measured and crafty precision of Raymond Carver, but with a great blindsiding sense of humour that is patently Canadian. The first two stories especially blew me away and had me laughing out loud because they were so good. Get on the bandwagon for Hollingshead now. He's a good one.
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