The Big Finish

A Story from Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events

by Kevin Moffett

On Sale: 07/31/2012

The Big Finish

A Story from Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events

by Kevin Moffett

On Sale: 07/31/2012

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About the Book

"The Big Finish," a story from Kevin Moffett's dazzling new collection, Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events, takes readers on board a cruise ship with Hayes, a directionless thirty-something who takes a job as the host of the ship's bird shows for children. In his new role, he develops a strange and unexpected relationship with a fellow employee—and with the birds themselves.

Critical Praise

“The first thing you notice reading the stories in Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events is the author’s extraordinary range--of expertise, technique, imagination and wit. There doesn’t seem to be much Kevin Moffett can’t do.” — Richard Russo

“Kevin Moffett’s stories are stealth heartbreakers, as well as wonders of sly detail and perfect tone. He’s writing some of the best short fiction around.” — Sam Lipsyte

“These stories are as enormously funny as they are enormously sad. Moffett deals in wisdom, humor, and sympathy with extraordinary fluency; the results are always as unsettling as they are reassuring. And this seems to me about as close as you can come to writing the truth about life.” — Chris Adrian

“Humor is too often heartless, sheer cleverness lacking content. Kevin Moffett is a member of that delightful minority that takes up the ordinary to reveal the extraordinary. These stories are funny, insightful, and reveal, but never strive for, true depth.” — Alice Sebold

“Moffett’s work is melancholy and funny at the same time. . . . Language soars in unexpected directions. . . . This collection will leave readers grateful to have encountered characters who are as odd as they are, as sad as they may be, and as stupidly hopeful.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Marvelous stories.” — Vanity Fair

“One of the most delightful collections in recent memory. . . . It’s rare to see as bright a star as Moffett on the literary scene. With this lovely collection, he is one to watch.” — The Rumpus

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780062233264
  • ISBN 10: 0062233262
  • Imprint: Harper Perennial
  • On Sale: 07/31/2012
  • Pages: 21
  • List Price:2.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : FICTION / Thrillers / Historical
  • BISAC2 : FICTION / Mashups
  • BISAC3 : FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
  • BISAC4 : FICTION / Literary
  • BISAC5 : LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors
  • BISAC6 : FICTION / Science Fiction / General
  • BISAC7 : FICTION / Romance / Romantic Comedy
  • BISAC8 : FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense
  • BISAC9 : FICTION / Romance / Collections & Anthologies
  • BISAC10 : FICTION / Contemporary Women

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