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The Fun Parts

The Fun Parts

by SamLipsyte (Author)

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    Paperback 2013

    $3.21
Synopsis

A boy eats his way to self-discovery while another must battle the reality-brandishing monster preying on his fantasy realm. Meanwhile, an aerobics instructor, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, makes the most shocking leap imaginable to save her soul. Bold, hilarious and darkly affecting, Lipsyte's stories combine the tragicomic dazzle of his beloved novels and the compressed vitality of his classic debut collection. The Fun Parts is Lipsyte at his best - an exploration of new voices and vistas from a writer Time magazine has said 'everyone should read'.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 240
 Publisher: Granta
Published: 04 Jul 2013
ISBN 10: 1847088031
ISBN 13: 9781847088031
Book Overview: A funny, irreverent, turbo-charged book from a master of American satirical writing

Media Reviews
Lipsyte . . . may be the most consistently funny fiction writer working today. Satire is second nature to him. --Bryan Walsh, TIME [Lipsyte] can't be matched . . . Read [ The Fun Parts ] with The Ask if you really want to know how a mordant jokester with a madman's imagination became a literary rock star. --Janet Maslin, The New York Times [Lipsyte] is producing some of the purest social satire written today. --Matthew Love, Time Out New York Lipsyte expertly works the line between hilarity and pathos. --Ben Fountain, The New York Times Book Review In this second story collection, fierce satire mingles with warmth and pathos as Lipsyte ( The Ask ) showcases his knack for stylistic variety and tangles with the thorny human experiences of moving beyond one's past or shedding one's personal baggage . . . Lipsyte's biting humor suffuses the collection, but it's his ability to control the relative darkness of each moment that makes the stories so engrossing. -- Publishers ' Weekly (starred review)
Author Bio
SAM LIPSYTE was born in 1968. He is the author of the short story collection Venus Drive and three novels: The Subject Steve, Home Land, and The Ask, which was a New York Times Notable Book. He teaches at Columbia University in New York.