Staff Pick: Gutshot by Amelia Gray
07.06.15
These stories will unsettle you. Gray revels in the grotesque, absurd and visceral, testing the reader's mettle as she goes. In one story, a woman makes love to a shack as her decrepit mother watches. In another, a father and son spend weeks carving up a whale heart that appears in their living room. More than merely grisly, this collection is imbued with wit and humor that make for an engaging--if bizarre--read.
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From the publisher:
A woman creeps through the ductwork of a quiet home. A medical procedure reveals an object of worship. A carnivorous reptile divides and cauterizes a town. Amelia Gray's curio cabinet expands in Gutshot, where isolation and coupling are pushed to their dark and outrageous edges. A master of the macabre, Gray's work is not for the faint of heart or gut: lick at your own risk. FSG, $14.00
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