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Don't Kiss Me: Stories (2013)

by Lindsay Hunter(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0374533857 (ISBN13: 9780374533854)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

FSG Originals

review 1: Much like Frank Bill's Crimes in Southern Indiana: Stories and Alan Heathcock's Volt: Stories, the characters who populate Lindsey Hunter's second collection of short stories, Don't Kiss Me, are broken, intensely raw human beings existing along the fringes of America's heartland. Each story offers a brief glimpse into lives distorted by oddball obsessions and all too common abuses of trust. What I found most striking about these stories is Hunter's near stream of conscious style--which harkens to the styles of Hubert Selby, jr. and Dennis Johnson--that perfectly captures the mindset and base nature of her characters. But most of all, it's Hunter's wholly believable characters that make this collection such an intense reading experience. These men, women, and children are y... moreour wives and husbands, teachers, next door neighbors, your nieces and nephews; they are the ignored and the barely there.
review 2: Another book of jaw-dropping fictions from Chicago's most loveable freakazoid. Sentences come at you so ruthless and broken glass-sharp. Hunter relishes in her characters' grossest utterances. There were times when I was reminded of the wild cut-up style of William S. Burroughs and other times when I was reminded of the unhinged fictions of Lidia Yuknavitch. But mostly, this is Lindsay Hunter, creating her own mad territories. And even though there were a few times when I felt like the work was hard to grasp, for the most part, my mind was blown, amazed, lit up, and scared. less

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