Elated By Details: Award-winning Short Stories (Hardcover)

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Editorial Reviews

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"....Freedman's tales grab us not by promising an unexpected resolution (it's always some degree of shameful defeat)...." -- Pablo Baler, author of Circa

"....these wicked and wise stories catalogue...details with pace and verve, precision and vivacity....a voice uniquely his own." -- Andrew Lewis Conn, author

"Freedman has a novelist's eye and a comedy-writer's pace." -- Fareed Zakaria, author of The Future of Freedom

"There are plenty of side-splitting stories ... such as the character who ... literally gets a job in a fantasy land." -- 24/7 (Courier-Life Newspapers) February 23, 2004

Few contemporary short story writers have the skills (or ambitions) of Freedman. -- Bookslut, July 2004

Product Description

Winner of Mayhaven's Awards for Fiction. Biting satire, dazzling wordplay guides a cast of dysfunctional characters to their inevitable comeuppances.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 242 pages
• Publisher: Mayhaven Publishing; First Edition edition (November 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878044990
• ISBN-13: 978-1878044990
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #626,601 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Urbane, funny, fizzy, original, wonderful, December 1, 2003

By A Customer

This is a winning and witty debut collection of short stories, told with great humor and finesse. Collectively, these stories also present a portrait of New York as magical as any in recent literary memory. Bravo!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An engrossing cavalcade of human drama, June 12, 2004

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Elated By Details is the debut collection of award winning short stories by Adam Freedman. Combining sharp-witted satire, word play with a twist, and cast of dysfunctional characters speeding to their self-determined dark fates, Elated By Details reads in a deliciously extravagant and indulgent manner, luring one in for more despite the compelling grip of self-destructive human nature that so prevades the tongue-in-cheek tales. An engrossing cavalcade of human drama leaving the reader hungry for more.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wise, witty and well said, December 12, 2003

By A Customer

I recently picked this book up and only put it down because I was late for work. Freedman's fresh, wise, and witty stories are simultaneously dark and delightful. I highly recommend Elated by Details and look forward to the author's future work.