McSweeney's 19: Old Facts, New Fiction, and a Novella by T.C. Boyle
by Dave Eggers (Editor)
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McSweeney's Issue 19, our first issue of 2006, turns toward earlier and equally uncertain years, traveling back by way of pamphlets, info-cards, and letters addressing bygone conflicts and still-constant concerns. Expect, among other recovered works, carefree strategies for insurgencies in Nicaragua, astrological advice for the Nixon/Agnew campaigner, sanguine guidance for the soldier stationed in the Middle East at mid-century, and commonsense reinforcement for the doughboy drifting toward show more a gonorrhea infection. Also featured is T.C. Boyle's feral child novella and additional quasi-historical work by new writers. show lessTags
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Inside a cigar box adorned with images of war, is a collection of pamphlets from various sources and times that one imagines a soldier might have in his footlocker. Many of the items are reproductions of actual Department of Defense publications, such as a 1957 pocket Guide to the Middle East, air raid instructions, recruiting cards, what to do should an invasion happen on US soil, and a manual on nuclear fallout protection. Among other items are character building primers, personal and official correspondence, Communist Party pamphlets, mission briefings, an ad for Civil War pension eligibility, George W. Bush's military dental record, and a horoscope booklet on how those of each sign can help the Republican Party win!
Hidden at the show more bottom is the actual book of new fiction writing. It's highlighted by T. C. Boyle's amazing novella, "Wild Child," which fictionalizes the real story of a feral child, abandoned to the French forest in the late 1700s, and the attempts to rehabilitate him as he became an object of fascination in Parisian society. show less
Hidden at the show more bottom is the actual book of new fiction writing. It's highlighted by T. C. Boyle's amazing novella, "Wild Child," which fictionalizes the real story of a feral child, abandoned to the French forest in the late 1700s, and the attempts to rehabilitate him as he became an object of fascination in Parisian society. show less
I was shocked by the story, eighteeneighteen, Prince of the World. Does anyone know anymore about Christopher Howard? I like his word flow, and
Good novella but fiddle extras.
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Dave Eggers was born on March 12th, 1970, in Boston, Massachusetts. His family moved to Lake Forest, Illinois when he was a child. Eggers attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, until his parents' deaths in 1991 and 1992. The loss left him responsible for his eight-year-old brother and later became the inspiration for his highly show more acclaimed memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius". Published in 2000, the memoir was nominated for a nonfiction Pulitzer the following year. Eggers edits the popular "The Best American Nonrequired Reading" published annually. In 1998, he founded the independent publishing house, McSweeney's which publishes a variety of magazines and literary journals. Eggers has also opened several nonprofit writing centers for high school students across the United States. Eggers has written several novels and his title, A Hologram for the King, was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award. His most recent work of fiction, entitled The Circle, was published in 2013. His recent nonfiction books are The Monk of Mokha (January 2018) and What Can a Citizen Do? (Illustrated by Shawn Harris)(September 2018). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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