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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great read!,
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This review is from: The Roaring Girl: Stories (Paperback)
Hollingshead has a hand of mixing different levels of weirdness together in a way that fascinate me but are even to an extent retraceable. Notice for instance how the protagonist of one of the short stories is under the influence of hallucinogenic mushrooms and then tries to leave his front door. This scene is brilliantly described. These different levels of weirdness create a very strong atmosphere that is defining the unfolding story. I very much liked the mood of the gas station in "The Roaring Girl" or the strange people who come and show some slides to the protagonist family. Hollingshead is almost unique - the only other writer, and also a short story writer at that, is Rick Bass ("The Watch").
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Surprise Blast!,
By futuret@teleport.com (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Roaring Girl: Stories (Paperback)
Greg Hollingshead writes with the same measured and crafty precision of Raymond Carver, but with a great blindsiding sense of humour that is patently Canadian. The first two stories especially blew me away and had me laughing out loud because they were so good. Get on the bandwagon for Hollingshead now. He's a good one.
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The Roaring Girl by Greg Hollingshead (Hardcover - March 31, 1997)
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