Adam Maxwell's first collection of short stories is inventive, funny, dark, and hugely entertaining. The twenty stories included here range from a bizarre quest to find a dead rockstar's limb (Jim Morrison's Leg) to a memorable warning about the hidden dangers of building sites (the acclaimed Shooting Jelly With A Shotgun). Effortlessly fusing pop culture, gunplay, and simians, Dial M For Monkey contains a vibrant mixture of short stories - and short-short stories - most never published before. This unmissable collection represents another shot in the arm for the resurgent form of the short story. As featured in Tonto Short Stories and Dave Eggers' McSweeney's.
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Adam Maxwell was born in 1976 and has written for a plethora of publications, including Dave Eggers' McSweeney's, and Tonto Short Stories. According to his wife, he has an 'unhealthy obsession' with Bob Dylan and the Beatles, and manages to be 'increasingly worrying' in a number of other areas. He has a Masters Degree in Crea-tive Writing from Northumbria University, and lives in the wilds of Northumberland. This is his first book. He has a website at www.adammaxwell.com.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Neo-Noirist Puts Mystery in the Palm of Your Hand,
By Chris Steib (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dial M For Monkey (Paperback)
Adam Maxwell is a master wordsmith, but not the kind you're used to. He knows how to say what needs to be said using carefully crafted diction and witty, purposeful language. In this age of daunting 1000-page Pulitzer winners and laboriously dense texts from faux-academics (see also: elitists), Maxwell's collection is a shotgun blast of fresh air. These short (and sometimes short-short) stories are gems of neo-noir style balanced perfectly with classic humor conventions and contemporary storytelling. A real summer treat, and can be read -- like any great story collection -- over and again. High recommended from this reviewer. It may be flash fiction, but the joy in reading Maxwell will surely resonate long after the pages are turned. [...]
5.0 out of 5 stars
Short and very sweet,
By AlanF (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dial M For Monkey (Paperback)
Having read excerpts of "Shooting Jelly With A Shotgun" online, I was looking forward to some more of Adam Maxwells highly original short stories and I was not disappointed.
Quite where he gets his inspiration is likely to forever remain a mystery, but this is the most imaginative blast of dark humour to appear this year. Standouts are the truly bizarre "Jim Morrison's Leg" and the delightfully inventive "The Holy Face Of Gary Barlow" but there is not a weak story in the entire collection. Highly recommended and I hope Adams next collection will not be too long in coming. AlanF
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