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Toilet

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OK - so it is billed as a queer collection, but I was given it by a friend who didnt know better. Despite this, I found the themes universal and the conversational tone the author takes with the reader inclusive of all orientations. I think it crosses the sex lines. This is not about a gay guy it is a book about a human. I give it two thumbs up. Super smart and funny. Oh, ps - don't let the pre-teen set get a hold of this - Language baby, language.

smart funny and vicious, the diatribes of this author had me doubled over with laughter and then throwing up with disgust. A real ride with a lot of surprises. Thought the fourth story, "Letters to Anji" read like an exerpt, but stood alone well enough. Like Dennis Cooper a generation later.

This book was so amazing, I read it three times in one day. Woolley's perspectives on life, love, friendship, dating, & happiness are insightful, touching, & original. The chapter entitled "You Sure Are Pretty For a Faggot" is perhaps the most honest account of human dating that I'd ever encountered. I doubt I will come across a book that speaks so truthfully (and so eloquently as well) for a long, long time to come.

Tom Woolley is, without a doubt, one of the freshest, most invigorating new voices in American literature. His narrative is a smooth combination of gut-punch realism and jaded camp. His stories are refreshingly original and dripping with intelligent humor. I can't wait for his next book. I will be haunting my local bookstore until its arrival. Bravo, Tom Woolley.

Toilet is an explicit walk on the wild side. It is raw, but real. Tom Woolley is a writer who writes with his heart and feelings. It gave me a perspective of my own feelings dealing with my past, present and future. Toilet is fabulous!

a novel-ette packed with gritty well construced short stories of coming of age, coming to your senses, coming to conclusions, coming to face facts more easily ignored. Everyman themes that work on many levels. A great slim volume.

I was recently given this book as a gift, and it's just an incredible read. It's already a favorite, and I'm buying copies for friends as well. Gritty, yes, but realistic and sincere and a hard, long look at some facets of some lives that most of us aren't exposed to. Very touching, very witty and funny, and almost shockingly open and honest. Can't recommend this book highly enough. Get a copy now!!!

The best small book ever. I want more copies. How come there arent any available? This title should have had broader distribution.