The littlest Hitler : stories /
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| Author / Creator: | Boudinot, Ryan, 1972- |
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| Imprint: | New York : Counterpoint, c2006. |
| Description: | vii, 215 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6101616 |
| 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.<br> <br> 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. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 215 p. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 1582433577 9781582433578 |
