{"product_id":"the-last-bizarre-tale-stories-paperback","title":"The Last Bizarre Tale: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Madden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames A. Perkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Some writers have a talent for storytelling. Far fewer writers have a talent for literary innovation. Madden masterfully combines both talents.\" \u003cbr\u003e --Winston Groom, author of \u003ci\u003eForrest Gump\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This collection of stories by the celebrated David Madden showcases a wide variety of themes, styles, and approaches. It is also as if the author dared himself to undertake as many novel forms as possible; to each of them he brings deft artistry, piercing observation, and an uncanny understanding of the inner lives of outsiders. A fine achievement!\" \u003cbr\u003e --Fred Chappell, author of \u003ci\u003eAncestors and Others: New and Selected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though he has authored more than eleven novels including, \u003ci\u003eCassandra Singing, The Suicide's Wife, Abducted by Circumstance\u003c\/i\u003e, and the recent \u003ci\u003eLondon Bridge in Plague and Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, David Madden has been publishing short stories for all six decades of his active career. \u003ci\u003eThe Last Bizarre Tale\u003c\/i\u003e consists of works that appeared in journals but that have not appeared together as a collection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Madden used two stories, \"The Singer\" and \"Second Look Presents: the Rape of an Indian Brave,\" as chapters in his 1980 novel \u003ci\u003eOn the Big Wind\u003c\/i\u003e. \"The Headless Girl's Mother\" was first published as a chapter in a serialized novel entitled \u003ci\u003eHair of the Dog\u003c\/i\u003e. Two other stories developed out of longer versions of Madden's novels. \"A Demon in My View\" is part of a sequel, not yet published, to \u003ci\u003eBijou\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e All of the stories in David Madden's third collection are distinguished by variety of content and by shifting styles and often innovative techniques. They are to varying degrees and in various ways bizarre in their characters and their relationships, in the kinds of internal and external conflicts, and in locales and themes. The title story, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Bizarre Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, involving a corpse that has hung on a hook in a funeral home garage for decades, is evocative of Poe and, in its dark, grotesque humor, Flannery O'Connor and Carson McCullers. \"Process is as important as product to David Madden,\" writes editor James Perkins, \"and one can learn as much about the process of writing as about the human condition by a careful reading of these stories.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The author of eleven novels and two short story collections, David Madden is known for his innovative style and technique in crafting fiction. His work is praised by critics and fans alike as complex yet lyrical and always masterfully done. He lives in Black Mountain, North Carolina. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e James A. Perkins is a professor of English Emeritus at Westminster College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cass Mastern Material: The Core of Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men\u003c\/i\u003e. He is coeditor, with Jeffrey J. Folks, of \u003ci\u003eSouthern Writers at Century's End\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor, with Randy J. Hendricks, of \u003ci\u003eDavid Madden: A Writer for All Genres.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of eleven novels and two short story collections, David Madden is known for his innovative style and technique in crafting fiction. His work is praised by critics and fans alike as complex yet lyrical and always masterfully done. He lives in Black Mountain, North Carolina. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e James A. Perkins is a professor of English Emeritus at Westminster College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cass Mastern Material: The Core of Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men\u003c\/i\u003e. He is coeditor, with Jeffrey J. Folks, of \u003ci\u003eSouthern Writers at Century's End\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor, with Randy J. Hendricks, of \u003ci\u003eDavid Madden: A Writer for All Genres.\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 10, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47335012172025,"sku":"9781621900528","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/S_ADhootzo9781621900528.webp?v=1769653525","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-last-bizarre-tale-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}