Whether expounding upon the dilemma of a two-headed man who attempts to expunge his own pain, the shock of a woman who discovers she has married a transsexual, or the bizarre predictions of a female necrophile, these stories convince readers with incisive detail, only to disarm them suddenly with black humor. The title story of this collection has been made into the motion picture "Kissed", which was a hit at the Toronto Film Festival.
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Whether expounding upon the dilemma of a two-headed man who attempts to expunge his own pain, the shock of a woman who discovers she has married a transsexual, or the bizarre predictions of a female necrophile, these stories convince readers with incisive detail, only to disarm them suddenly with black humor. The title story of this collection has been made into the motion picture "Kissed", which was a hit at the Toronto Film Festival.
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Supports Goodwill of Silicon Valley job training programs. The cover and pages are in very good condition! The cover and any other included accessories are also in very good condition showing some minor use. The spine is straight there are no rips tears or creases on the cover or the pages.
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Very Good with no dust jacket. 0921051700. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Some coffee marks on fore-edge. First impression. Signed by Gowdy on title page.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Very Good. 0921051700. Signed by author. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Rubbing and wear to wrapper.; 8.8 X 6.3 X 1.0 inches; Signed by Author.
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Fine with no dust jacket. 0921051700. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery.; Signed by the author on title page. Collection of short stories including the one on necrophilia adapted for film as"Kissed". Minor surface rubbing, with a few indentations, some coffee drops on bottom edge of text block-otherwise fine.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Signed by Author.
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New. New Ships From Canada New No dust jacket as issued Trade paperback (US) 224 p Book Description: NOW IN PAPERBACK, this masterfully crafted story collection by the author of the internationally best-selling novel Mister Sandman is a haunting book that is certain to both disturb and entertain With a particular focus on obsession and the abnormal, We So Seldom Look On Love explores life at its quirky extremes, pushing past limits of convention into lives that are fantastic and heartbreakingly real Whether writing about the dilemma of a two-headed man who attempts to expunge his own pain, the shock of a woman who discovers she has married a transsexual, the erotic delusions of a woman who repeatedly exposes her body to an unknown voyeur, or the bizarre predilections of a female necrophile (a story made into the acclaimed motion picture, "'"Kissed"'"), Gowdy convinces us with incisive detail, only to disarm us with black humor In reviewing the book in the Boston Globe, the novelist Caro.
