The encyclopedia of lies / stories by Christopher Gudgeon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gudgeon, Christopher, 1959- author.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, Canadian--21st century.

Short stories, Canadian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 pages)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, British Columbia : Anvil Press, 2017.

Summary:

In these sixteen stories, Christopher Gudgeon, bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Song of Kosovo, takes a heartbreaking and hilarious look into the lives, loves, sexual obsessions and delusions that inform a grand cast of off-kilter characters. Here is a gay couple who persevere with their marriage plans as the world, literally, crumbles around them, a woman who discovers the mysterious collection of letters that reveals a terrifying truth about her deceased fiancée, a dutiful son, locked in an life-or-death marathon race with his famous father, and a baby who becomes infested with fruit flies, sending his adoptive parents into a spiral of recrimination and self-doubt.At once bitterly funny, provocative and poignant, this remarkable collection builds on Gudgeon's growing literary reputation, offering up the work of a great storyteller at his very best.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-77214-109-7

1-77214-110-0