Cannon Fodder

by David L . Hayles (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $9.89

  A college reunion that ends in a bloodbath...A superhero too depressed to save the city...A man so deep in debt he is prepared to strike a terrible deal...A job that no one dares take...A doomed expedition...And a death-row romance...In Cannon Fodder, the creator of The Suicide Kit takes us to a place where life isn't just cheap, they're giving it away.

• Used

  Paperback
  2005

  $3.28

  David L. Hayles's debut collection of stories, The Suicide Kit , drew comparisons with Roald Dahl, Ian McEwan and Iain Banks. In Cannon Fodder , Hayles gives us a world of demented misfits, sleazy sex tourists, killer inmates, has-beens and never-weres. In 'The Process', a desperate man signs up to rid himself of his debts but at a terrible cost; in 'Savage Incidents at the College Reunion', an alumni fancy dress disco descends into a bloodbath thanks to an inopportune choice of costume; and in 'Death Row Diary', a brutish warden's censoring of letters has grim results. Elsewhere there are excursions into the variously doomed and sordid worlds of failed western actors, homicidal would-be writers and the suburban dogging scene. Stories so black they should come with a torch, Cannon Fodder takes you to a place where life isn't just cheap, they're giving it away.

• New

  Paperback
  2006

  $11.18

  A college reunion that ends in a bloodbath...A superhero too depressed to save the city...A man so deep in debt he is prepared to strike a terrible deal...A job that no one dares take...A doomed expedition...And a death-row romance...In Cannon Fodder, the creator of The Suicide Kit takes us to a place where life isn't just cheap, they're giving it away.