num_pages: 284
description: A man appears suspended in the air above a major American city. A foul-mouthed posse of machete-wielding scoundrels wreak havoc on a small-town mayor. A second-rate boxer starts a torrid affair with the wife of the Invisible Manwho just might be watching (and enjoying) all the freakiness.Darrin Doyles latest collection of short stories is an electrifying look at men behaving badlyor just being weird. Hilarious madly inventive and compellingly readable this unforgettable collection will leave the reader dazzled deliriousand begging for more.What a pleasure it is to read this book! Hilarious formally inventive fearless these stories thrum with brilliance and a deranged strongly beating heart.* Andy Mozina author of Contrary Motion and Quality SnacksInnocents beware! Darrin Doyle has always put a strong clear deceptively rational prose voice at the service of a dangerous imagination. But Scoundrels Among Us takes this paradox to a new scoundrelly level. In these short and shorter stories as cleanly worded as ever but mined with vile surprises a darkly impish even occasionally malicious wit prevails playing rough and deliciously dirty in the sandbox of the readers expectations.* Jaimy Gordon author of Lord of Misrule winner of the National Book AwardThis collection is a revelation: formally and thematically adventurous and wide-ranging playful scabrously funny weird in the best ways.* Michael Griffith author of Trophy and Bibliophilia
language: English
title: Scoundrels Among Us
publisher: Tortoise Books