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Brief Encounters with Che Guevara : Stories
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Brief Encounters with Che Guevara
Author(s): Ben Fountain
Review(s):
“...exceptional story collection...”
“In this first collection the author brings the virtuosity of Greene and le Carre to tales of foreign adventures.”
“Brilliant...”
“An impressive and entertaining book of short stories...”
“An impeccable debut collection; if Fountain can keep it up, he’s an heir to Paul Theroux.”
“Exhilarating first story collection.”
“…exceptional story collection…”
“Ben Fountain writes deftly about fear and disorientation abroad in his first story collection.”
“[Fountain] is a gifted storyteller and his collection will blow your literary socks off.”
“Wildly plotted, astutely observed, and beautifully rendered.”
ISBN: 9780060885601
Author(s): Ben Fountain
The well-meaning protagonists of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara are caught—to both disastrous and hilarious effect—in the maelstrom of political and social upheaval surrounding them. Ben Fountain’s prize-winning debut speaks to the intimate connection between the foreign, the familiar, and the inescapably human.
Review(s):
“...exceptional story collection...”
“In this first collection the author brings the virtuosity of Greene and le Carre to tales of foreign adventures.”
“Brilliant...”
“An impressive and entertaining book of short stories...”
“An impeccable debut collection; if Fountain can keep it up, he’s an heir to Paul Theroux.”
“Exhilarating first story collection.”
“…exceptional story collection…”
“Ben Fountain writes deftly about fear and disorientation abroad in his first story collection.”
“[Fountain] is a gifted storyteller and his collection will blow your literary socks off.”
“Wildly plotted, astutely observed, and beautifully rendered.”
ISBN: 9780060885601