![The Safety of Objects: Adults Alone; Looking For Johnny; Chunky in Heat; Jim Train; the Bullet Catcher; Yours Truly; Esther in the Night; Slumber Party; the I of IT; a Real Doll](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/303/336/1405336303.0.m.jpg)
The Safety of Objects: Adults Alone; Looking For Johnny; Chunky in Heat; Jim Train; the Bullet Catcher; Yours Truly; Esther in the Night; Slumber Party; the I of IT; a Real Doll
by Homes, A. M
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140145664
- ISBN 13
- 9780140145663
- Seller
-
London, London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
The breakthrough story collection that established A. M. Homes as one of the most daring writers of her generation Originally published in 1990 to wide critical acclaim, this extraordinary first collection of stories by A. M. Homes confronts the real and the surreal on even terms to create a disturbing and sometimes hilarious vision of the American dream. Included here are "Adults Alone," in which a couple drops their kids off at Grandma's and gives themselves over to ten days of Nintendo, porn videos, and crack; "A Real Doll," in which a girl's blond Barbie doll seduces her teenaged brother; and "Looking for Johnny," in which a kidnapped boy, having failed to meet his abductor's expectations, is returned home. These stories, by turns satirical, perverse, unsettling, and utterly believable, expose the dangers of ordinary life even as their characters stay hidden behind the disguises they have so carefully created.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- HALCYON BOOKS
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- mon0000781122
- Title
- The Safety of Objects: Adults Alone; Looking For Johnny; Chunky in Heat; Jim Train; the Bullet Catcher; Yours Truly; Esther in the Night; Slumber Party; the I of IT; a Real Doll
- Author
- Homes, A. M
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0140145664
- ISBN 13
- 9780140145663
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1992-06-04
- Size
- 1.3989 in x 19.3853 in x 12.5904
- X weight
- 0.1407 lb