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The Best of McSweeney's

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This book collects some of the best stories from the first ten issues of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. McSweeney's began as a small collection of work rejected by other magazines, but it soon began to publish pieces primarily written for the journal, and to attract some of the finest Continue

This book collects some of the best stories from the first ten issues of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. McSweeney's began as a small collection of work rejected by other magazines, but it soon began to publish pieces primarily written for the journal, and to attract some of the finest writers in the country. Contributors to Best of McSweeney's, Volume One include Jonathan Lethem, Glen David Gold, A. M. Homes, David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers, Amanda Davis, George Saunders, Paul Collins, and William Vollmann, as well as many talented newcomers. Stories included here have been selected for The O. Henry Prize Stories and The Best American Short Stories, and one was performed in a regional musical theater.

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  • Molluscs slug it out

    The Best of McSweeney's, Vol 1 edited by Dave Eggers Hamish Hamilton £17.99, pp415 Give an infinite number of monkeys enough typewriters and enough time and one of them may write Hamlet. In the meantime, they're more likely to bash out an issue or tw ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • A cool sum of its parts

    The Best of McSweeney's Volume 1 edited by Dave Eggers 428pp, Hamish Hamilton, £17.99 Some people have never forgiven Dave Eggers for calling his debut A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. In the US in particular, 9/11 and the Iraq war have sou ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 288 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0141014407
  • ISBN-13: 9780141014401
  • Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
  • Pub date: Aug 04, 2005
  • Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover
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