If You Lived Here You'd Already be Home
Author: Jodzio, John
ISBN: 9781593766634
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 21 Mar 2017
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
b>"These stories were my kind of stories--a little weird and magical and bittersweet." --Roxane Gay, i>New York Times/i> bestselling author of i>Bad Feminist/i> and i>Hunger/i>/b>br>br>A middle-aged masochist in love with a comatose man. A gay birthday clown lamenting the loss of his beloved dog. An amateur veterinarian keeping watch over his suicidal daughter. And a bikini model with a barnacle stuck to her butt cheek. These are just a few of the characters who populate the quirky, offbeat world of i>If You Lived Here You'd Already Be Home/i> a world that feels at once alien and strangely familiar.br>br>In these twenty-one brief, funny stories, John Jodzio documents his characters disappointment, frustration, and longing for a home that seems forever out of reach. By turns bleak and hopeful, cruel and tender, this is an exciting literary debut by a writer to watch, a writer with a unique and compelling voice.br>br>b>"John Jodzio is the best kind of modern fiction writer- a thematic traditionalist who feels totally new." -Chuck Klosterman, i>New York Times/i> bestselling author/b>
ISBN: 9781593766634
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 21 Mar 2017
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
b>"These stories were my kind of stories--a little weird and magical and bittersweet." --Roxane Gay, i>New York Times/i> bestselling author of i>Bad Feminist/i> and i>Hunger/i>/b>br>br>A middle-aged masochist in love with a comatose man. A gay birthday clown lamenting the loss of his beloved dog. An amateur veterinarian keeping watch over his suicidal daughter. And a bikini model with a barnacle stuck to her butt cheek. These are just a few of the characters who populate the quirky, offbeat world of i>If You Lived Here You'd Already Be Home/i> a world that feels at once alien and strangely familiar.br>br>In these twenty-one brief, funny stories, John Jodzio documents his characters disappointment, frustration, and longing for a home that seems forever out of reach. By turns bleak and hopeful, cruel and tender, this is an exciting literary debut by a writer to watch, a writer with a unique and compelling voice.br>br>b>"John Jodzio is the best kind of modern fiction writer- a thematic traditionalist who feels totally new." -Chuck Klosterman, i>New York Times/i> bestselling author/b>
