num_pages: 192
description: *Shortlisted for the 2005 ReLit Award for Fiction*Shortlisted for the 2004 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First BookA Jesus Christ look alike has trouble with his girlfriend . A bodybuilder does sit ups from the window of a speeding car . A burn victim and his freakishly beautiful love interest creatively loot homes while a forest fire approaches . A female cult member tries to convince a young man to let doctors harvest his recently-deceased wife's organs.In a second-to-none engagement of the reader, James Marshall's stories bristle with fictional restlessness. This debut collection is a true literary find and Marshall's an exciting new voice.
language: English
title: Let's Not Let a Little Thing Like the End of the World Come Between Us
titlecomplete: Let's Not Let a Little Thing Like the End of the World Come Between Us
genres: Short Stories
ratings_count: 8
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: ReLit Award
category: Short Fiction, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best First Book
publisher: Thistledown Press