What He's Poised to Do

Stories

by Ben Greenman

On Sale: 06/15/2010

What He's Poised to Do

Stories

by Ben Greenman

On Sale: 06/15/2010

Format:

About the Book

“Ben Greenman seems incapable of writing anything dry or familiar or expected. He is one of the most versatile, consistently surprising writers at work today.” —Dave Eggers

A diverse and moving collection of witty, fabular, haunting stories about love, infidelity, and the vanishing art of letter writing—from the acclaimed novelist and New Yorker editor Ben Greenman. Fans of the works of Keith Gessen, Ben Kunkel, Nathaniel Rich, and John Wray will find much to love in the beautiful, poignant stories of What He’s Poised to Do.

Critical Praise

“Greenman offers quiet, serious stories lifted by occasional humor and linked by instances of written correspondence. ” — New York Times Book Review

“What a fine and unique writer Ben Greenman is. I love his sentences, his precision. I feel like he’s absorbed and digested so much great literature, distilling it all to create his own fantastic universe of stories and ideas.” — Jonathan Ames, author of Wake Up, Sir!

“This book is like a strobe light—in short, sharp bursts, Ben Greenman renders the world we know into something startling, hypnotizing, and downright trippy.” — Daniel Handler

“Romantic and compulsively readable, What He’s Poised to Do will appeal to anyone who’s ever been in love, had a broken heart, or been misunderstood.” — Amy Sohn, author of Prospect Park West

“Ben Greenman’s What He’s Poised to Do is a terrific collection—a set of elegant, inventive dispatches that knock around space and time, and the wrenching gaps between people, to chart a world of previously unnamed moments and emotions.” — Jess Walter, author of The Financial Lives of the Poets

“Ben Greenman’s prose is characterized by an effortless musicality. This collection finds him in peak form, simultaneously heartbreaking and hilarious. But it’s the beauty of his language that gets me.” — Rhett Miller, lead singer, The Old 97s

“Ben Greenman’s masterwork of stories inspired by letters offers fresh insight into the mysteries of intimacy. A seriously brilliant and lyrical piece of modern fiction, with characters so alive and sincere and full of longing, they may climb out of the book and follow you home.” — Simon Van Booy, author of the Frank O’Connor Short Story Award-winning Love Begins in Winter

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780061987403
  • ISBN 10: 0061987409
  • Imprint: Harper Perennial
  • On Sale: 06/15/2010
  • Pages: 208
  • List Price:16.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : FICTION / Humorous / General
  • BISAC2 : FICTION / Sea Stories
  • BISAC3 : FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
  • BISAC4 : FICTION / Coming of Age
  • BISAC5 : FICTION / Hispanic & Latino

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