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Someone who will love you in all your damaged glory : stories

Call Number

  • FICTION BOBW (CEN)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

Physical Description

viii, 244 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

From the creator and executive producer of the beloved and universally acclaimed television series BoJack Horseman , a fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about love--the best and worst thing in the universe. Written with all the scathing dark humor that is a hallmark of BoJack Horseman , Raphael Bob-Waksberg's stories will make readers laugh, weep, and shiver in uncomfortably delicious recognition. In "A Most Blessed and Auspicious Occasion," a young couple planning a wedding is forced to deal with interfering relatives dictating the appropriate number of ritual goat sacrifices. "Missed Connection--m4w" is the tragicomic tale of a pair of lonely commuters eternally failing to make that longed-for contact. The members of a rock band in "Up-and-Comers" discover they suddenly have superpowers--but only when they're drunk. And in "The Serial Monogamist's Guide to Important New York City Landmarks," a woman maps her history of romantic failures based on the places she and her significant others visited together. Equally at home with the surreal and the painfully relatable (or both at once), Bob-Waksberg delivers a killer combination of humor, romance, whimsy, cultural commentary, and crushing emotional vulnerability. The resulting collection is a punchy, perfect bloody valentine.

Notes

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.

Contents

  • Salted circus cashews, swear to God
  • Short stories
  • A most blessed and auspicious occasion
  • Missed conneciton--m4w
  • The serial monogamist's guide to important New York City landmarks
  • We men of science
  • Lies we told each other (a partial list)
  • These are facts
  • Lunch with the person who dumped you
  • Rufus
  • Rules for taboo
  • Up-and-comers
  • Move across the country
  • You want to know what plays are like?
  • the poem
  • The average of all possible things
  • More of the you that you already are
  • We will be close on Friday 18 July.

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