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Novelists

Novelists

Boyko, C. P.

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ISBN10: 1927428718
ISBN13: 9781927428719
Publisher: Biblioasis
Published: May 27 2014
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.20 Depth: 8.10
Language: English

Longlisted for the 2014 Frank O'Connor Award

Novelists: the soul of an age, certainly. Brilliant? Perhaps. Yet aren't they also doddering, petulant, pedantic, knockkneed, skittish, and thunderingly insecure--resentful, awkward, annoying--demanding, deluded, and vexingly indifferent to reality? New from short fiction devotée C.P. Boyko, Novelists is a comedy of manners (and manuscripts), rivalling Vanity Fair for its satirical wit... though not, mercifully, for its length.

PRAISE FOR NOVELISTS

Proudly, gloriously, gleefully old-fashioned in their style and settings, these largely comic stories about the worst traits of artists are more serious than they at first seem: they depict the petty insecurities that fuel every creative act.--Russell Smith

If you are a normal person, these stories, with their pitch-perfect satirical humour and their finely tuned sentences, will make you laugh out loud. If you are a writer, first you will squirm with recognition while envying his impressive vocabulary, his nimble grammar, and his startling imagery, and then you'll laugh out loud.--Diane Schoemperlen

PRAISE FOR C.P. BOYKO

Readers will enjoy the author's versatility, quirky (sometimes uproarious) sense of humor, sardonic view of the world, and fruitful imagination ... Libraries with any short-fiction readers should buy this book and keep an eye out for the next one.--Booklist, starred review

Nothing short of astonishing.--The Walrus

Keep your eye on this young Canadian talent.--Chatelaine

Stunning ... Boyko has an unstoppable imagination.--The Globe & Mail

Stealthy, seductive ... A collection that in many ways ... will provide thought-fodder, not to mention good old-fashioned pleasure, for months.-- The Montreal Gazette

Fans of satirical fiction will love this ... impeccably researched and unflinchingly intelligent. --The National Post

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