Sentimental Exorcisms by David Derry (English) Paperback Book

Description: Sentimental Exorcisms by David Derry Sentimental Exorcisms is a collection of tragicomic satire, latter-day-Victorian collisions of Nabokov and Proust. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The return of a former lover saps a retired librarians faith in punctuation; a judge must compulsively narrate his neighbour into ignominy; and the glories of market analysis prove as deceptive as human connection when Trevor Spates visit to a stripper goes awry. Meanwhile, poor Tim Pine must face his coprophobia in a most public and lamentable office misadventure.Sentimental Exorcisms is a collection of tragicomic satire, latter-day-Victorian collisions of Nabokov and Proust. The men in these long short stories have grand designs and petty fears, or modest designs and grand fears. Desires, scapegoats, idylls, and obtrusive egos: the golden calves they cant quite bear to kill. With their ramparts crumbling around them, each mounts an exuberant defence in a vacuum of self-absorption. Author Biography David Derry lives in Toronto. Having been seduced by farming, boat-building, and chauffeuring, and having flirted with academia, he more recently discovered the insular pleasure of drafting and amending contracts, where we find him today, working as a legal assistant. Sentimental Exorcisms is his first book. Review Derry specializes in the most delightfully self-unaware characters. These are delicious portrayals of delusion. -- Uptown Derrys cohort of misanthropic, sexually repressed anti-heroes possesses a spooky ability to get under your skin. -- Prairie Fire Arrestingly witty. -- Vue Weekly Long Description The return of a former lover saps a retired librarians faith in punctuation; a judge must compulsively narrate his neighbour into ignominy; and the glories of market analysis prove as deceptive as human connection when Trevor Spates visit to a stripper goes awry. Meanwhile, poor Tim Pine must face his coprophobia in a most public and lamentable office misadventure. Sentimental Exorcisms is a collection of tragicomic satire, latter-day-Victorian collisions of Nabokov and Proust. The men in these long short stories have grand designs and petty fears, or modest designs and grand fears. Desires, scapegoats, idylls, and obtrusive egos: the golden calves they cant quite bear to kill. With their ramparts crumbling around them, each mounts an exuberant defence in a vacuum of self-absorption. Review Text Derrys stories are ornate, weird, and delicious. Annabel Lyon Review Quote Derry specializes in the most delightfully self-unaware characters. These are delicious portrayals of delusion. -- Uptown Derrys cohort of misanthropic, sexually repressed anti-heroes possesses a spooky ability to get under your skin. -- Prairie Fire Arrestingly witty. -- Vue Weekly Details ISBN1552452247 Short Title SENTIMENTAL EXORCISMS Language English ISBN-10 1552452247 ISBN-13 9781552452240 Media Book Format Paperback Author David Derry DEWEY FIC Imprint Coach House Books Place of Publication Toronto Country of Publication Canada Birth 1975 UK Release Date 2005-11-03 Pages 220 Publisher Coach House Books Year 2005 Publication Date 2005-11-03 Audience General AU Release Date 2009-05-14 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137683196;

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