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I Smell Esther Williams
In his debut collection, the author of Et Tu, Babe and My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist and one of our finest young practitioners of the art of literary disorientation plays the English language the way Jimi Hendrix played the guitar--at dangerous volume, blinding speed, and with a fine mixture of lyricism and sheer menace.
Book Details
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publish Date: Jan 31st, 1995
- Pages: 208
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.20in - 0.60in - 0.52lb
- EAN: 9780679750451
- Categories: • Short Stories (single author)• Literary
About the Author
Mark Leyner is the author of two novels, Et Tu, Babe and The Tetherballs of Bougainville; two collections of stories, I Smell Esther Williams and Other Stories and My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist; and a collection of fiction, plays, and journalism, Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog. His work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, The New Republic, George, and Harper's.
Praise for this book
"Leyner's brilliantly discontinuous humor invites comparison with William Burroughs.... It's rude, epic shtick that begs to be read aloud to friends and strangers alike -- if only you could figure out where to stop." -- Village Voice "He is a twisted wizard, a genre-busting virtuoso, working at the outer edge of narrative convention." -- Jay McInerney