The littlest Hitler : stories / Ryan Boudinot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boudinot, Ryan, 1972-

Language:

English

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

vii, 215 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Counterpoint, [2006]

Summary:

Welcome to the world of Ryan Boudinot, where a little boy who innocently dresses up as Hitler for Halloween suffers the consequences. ( The Littlest Hitler ); a world where a typical office romance is destroyed by the female half's habit of coming to work covered in live bees ( Bee Beard ); where jacked-up salesmen go on murderous, Burgess-like rampages ( The Sales Team ); and the children of the future are required to kill off their parents--preferably with an ice pick--in order to be accepted to the college of their choice ( Civilization ). You may never want to leave. In each of these fearless, hilarious, and tightly crafted stories, Boudinot's voice rings with a clarity rarely seen in a debut collection. He speaks to a generation that has tried to seem disaffected but can't help wishing for a better world. His characters shake their heads over the same messes they're busily creating, or lash out angrily at a sex-and-violence-saturated culture. But they can never entirely lose their sense of fun, however perverse it may be.

Contents:

The littlest Hitler

On sex and relationships

Bee beard

Blood relatives

Drugs and toys

Contaminant

Civilization

Written by machines

The Flautist

The sales team

Absolut Boudinot

So little time

Newholly.

ISBN:

1582433577

OCLC:

64289285

Publisher Number:

9781582433578