Again, the magic is in the details. For example, when we meet crazy Cousin Eustace, he is busy caulking a baseboard with a bottle of ketchup, trying to keep out the gas which he knows is seeping in. The title story is filled with evocative and kinetic language, deceptively simple, but with so much life. Kid Dynamite . Jones could have said that Kid Dynamite opened the garage and walked in, but he instead depicts a boxer with pent-up energy and frustration getting ready for a big fight.
Every detail has meaning.
Boxing is ultimately a universal metaphor, as would be expected from such great literature. Jones suffers a few missteps. Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine is an excellent collection, thrilling and lovely. Highlights of The Pikes Peak Lavender Film Festival opening next weekend at the Fine Arts Center. Nearly everyone remembers something of the Oedipus story if nothing more than that Oedipus had sex with his mother ew.