Bibliograph

Minor characters, stories, Jaime Clarke ; and also by Mona Awad, Christopher Boucher, Kenneth Calhoun, Nina de Gramont, Ben Greenman, Annie Hartnett, Owen King, Neil LaBute, J. Robert Lennon, Lauren Mechling, Shelly Oria, Stacey Richter, Joseph Salvatore, Andrea Seigel, and Daniel Torday ; foreword by Jonathan Lethem ; introduction by Laura van den Berg ; with an afterword by the author

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Minor characters, stories, Jaime Clarke ; and also by Mona Awad, Christopher Boucher, Kenneth Calhoun, Nina de Gramont, Ben Greenman, Annie Hartnett, Owen King, Neil LaBute, J. Robert Lennon, Lauren Mechling, Shelly Oria, Stacey Richter, Joseph Salvatore, Andrea Seigel, and Daniel Torday ; foreword by Jonathan Lethem ; introduction by Laura van den Berg ; with an afterword by the author

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

Minor characters

Oclc number

1230232479

Responsibility statement

Jaime Clarke ; and also by Mona Awad, Christopher Boucher, Kenneth Calhoun, Nina de Gramont, Ben Greenman, Annie Hartnett, Owen King, Neil LaBute, J. Robert Lennon, Lauren Mechling, Shelly Oria, Stacey Richter, Joseph Salvatore, Andrea Seigel, and Daniel Torday ; foreword by Jonathan Lethem ; introduction by Laura van den Berg ; with an afterword by the author

Sub title

stories

Summary

"All novels are necessarily concerned with their protagonists, but what of the minor characters that fill out a novel's landscape? We can never know them as well as we should or like. The same is true for the trilogy of novels by Jaime Clarke: Vernon Downs, World Gone Water, and Garden Lakes. Minor Characters brings together Clarke's previously published short stories featuring the supporting characters in his trilogy, as well as stories by some of today's most talented contemporary writers, who have chosen characters from the trilogy and contributed a story. With a Foreword by Jonathan Lethem, and an Introduction by Laura van den berg, this Warholian enterprise has produced a unique and stirring collection that both stands on its own and enriches the standalone novels in Clarke's trilogy. Featuring original stories by Mona Awad, Christopher Boucher, Kenneth Calhoun, Nina de Gramont, Ben Greenman, Annie Hartnett, Owen King, Neil LaBute, J. Robert Lennon, Lauren Mechling, Shelly Oria, Stacey Richter, Joseph Salvatore, Andrea Seigel, and Daniel Torday."--Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

Foreword / Jonathan Lethem - Introduction / Laura van den Berg -- From Vernon Downs - His mother's mark / J. Robert Lennon - Your friend, Dorothy / Stacey Richter - Birth of a fawn / Kenneth Calhoun - If this is home, welcome home / Nina de Gramont - Rabbit / Owen King - Big noise / Jaime Clarke -From World Gone Water - All the numbers / Ben Greenman - Revere / Mona Awad - On the news / Annie Hartnett - A way to beat mortality / Shelly Oria - Day of the fragheads / Lauren Mechling - The serial lover / Jaime Clarke - From Garden Lakes - Hiawatha / Neil Labute - Goth music / Andrea Seigel - Malagon's proverbs / Daniel Torday - Forsaken / Joseph Salvatore - Lindy / Jaime Clarke - A story about Warren James / Christopher Boucher - Appendix: We're so famous - Afterword / Jaime Clarke

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