Are We Not Men ?
by Brent Spencer
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Author: Brent SpencerEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-09-12
ISBN: 1559703571
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Summary of Are We Not Men ?
Set in the country, thirteen poignant, funny stories, some previously published, feature a cast of characters whose self-delusions and self-discoveries visit them in prisons, trailer parks, and in male group therapy sessions. Tour.The characters in these edgy, slick stories are all suffering from identity crises or illusions of one sort or another, like the convict in "Babyman" whose girlfriend convinces him, falsely, that she's pregnant in order to con him out of his meager savings and who finds that he can't give up the idea of his imaginary child. Or the B-movie fan for whom the viewing of "Island of Lost Souls" (the 1932 horror classic in which the beast-men of the mad surgeon's laboratory chant "Are we not men?") provides the defining moment of his otherwise dreary existence. Hovering between comedy and despair, Spencer creates characters on the edge of finding bliss--or losing it completely.
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