Hot pink
By: Adam Levin
Publisher: McSweeney's Rectangulars; McSweeney's
Published: 2011
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781936365210
Subjects: Short stories
Description: In the stories of "Hot Pink," Levin delivers ten smaller worlds, shaken snow-globes of overweight romantics, legless prodigies, quixotic dollmakers, Chicagoland thugs, dirty old men, protective fathers, balloon-laden dumptrucks, and walls that ooze gels.
Notes: "The stories within originally appeared in Tin House ("Frankenwittgenstein"), McSweeney's ("Hot pink," "Considering the bittersweet end of Susan Falls," "Cred"), St. Petersburg Review ("The extra mile"), Indiana Review ("How to play The Guy"), New England Review ("Finch"), and Guernica ("Important men")"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Frankenwittgenstein --; title: Considering the bittersweet end of Susan Falls --; title: The extra mile --; title: Finch --; title: Relating.; title: Mixed messages ;; title: Two conversations ;; title: Billy ;; title: A professor and a lover ;; title: The end of friendships ;; title: Cred ;; title: Important men --; title: Jane Tell --; title: RSVP --; title: Scientific American --; title: How to play The Guy --; title: Hot pink.