Scar VegasScar Vegas
and Other Stories
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Book, 2000
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Current format, Book, 2000, , No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsWith explosive narrative skill, Tom Paine pulls you into the worlds of a cross-dressing Army general, a confused lowlife being offered an incredible opportunity, and a despairing man whose mother hates him for no reason. Paine's stories feature exotic locales and take you on adventures you never imagined. His work has been published in the New Yorker, Playboy, Harper's, and Zoetrope and has received O. Henry awards, prizes from the Boston Review and Pushcart, and a National Magazine award, and has been optioned for film productions. Like Ernest Hemingway, Robert Stone, Richard Ford, and Russell Banks, Tom Paine grips the reader with his passion and vision.
With explosive narrative skill, Tom Paine pulls you into the worlds of a cross-dressing Army general, a confused lowlife being offered an incredible opportunity, and a despairing man whose mother hates him for no reason. Paine's stories feature exotic locales and take you on adventures you never imagined. His work has been published in the New Yorker, Playboy, Harper's, and Zoetrope and has received O. Henry awards, prizes from the Boston Review and Pushcart, and a National Magazine award, and has been optioned for film productions. Like Ernest Hemingway, Robert Stone, Richard Ford, and Russell Banks, Tom Paine grips the reader with his passion and vision.
The first collection of stories from the O. Henry award-winning author introduces a colorful cast of outcasts, including a cross-dressing army general, a confused low-life offered the chance of a lifetime, and a depressed man whose mother seems to harbor irrational hatred for him. Tour.
Gathers short stories that introduce a collection of outcasts, including a cross-dressing army general, a confused low-life offered the chance of a lifetime, and a depressed man whose mother seems to harbor irrational hatred for him
With explosive narrative skill, Tom Paine pulls you into the worlds of a cross-dressing Army general, a confused lowlife being offered an incredible opportunity, and a despairing man whose mother hates him for no reason. Paine's stories feature exotic locales and take you on adventures you never imagined. His work has been published in the New Yorker, Playboy, Harper's, and Zoetrope and has received O. Henry awards, prizes from the Boston Review and Pushcart, and a National Magazine award, and has been optioned for film productions. Like Ernest Hemingway, Robert Stone, Richard Ford, and Russell Banks, Tom Paine grips the reader with his passion and vision.
The first collection of stories from the O. Henry award-winning author introduces a colorful cast of outcasts, including a cross-dressing army general, a confused low-life offered the chance of a lifetime, and a depressed man whose mother seems to harbor irrational hatred for him. Tour.
Gathers short stories that introduce a collection of outcasts, including a cross-dressing army general, a confused low-life offered the chance of a lifetime, and a depressed man whose mother seems to harbor irrational hatred for him
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