Aromabingo builds on the critical success of David Gaffney’s 2006 collection Sawn-off Tales, offering yet more of Gaffney’s weird and edgy ultra-shorts, plus several longer works, so you can spend even more time inside the baffling, hilarious and sometimes moving world of a David Gaffney story. Think Magnus Mills mashed with the League of Gentlemen with a jolt of Mark E. Smithery for grit, and you’re nearly there. Though many of his stories are shorter than a Napalm Death snarl, these precision-engineered slivers of fiction leave you with the dying chords of a symphony. They are about the small people, the tiny Tardis folk with cathedrals inside them, creeping by unnoticed. These tales will have you laughing like at a Tommy Cooper video though there’s something hideous gnawing at the door to get in. Be careful, a spoonful weighs a ton.
Aromabingo (Salt Modern Fiction)
and over 1.5 million other books are available for Amazon Kindle . Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. Learn more. |
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, and more.
Product Description
Review
A triumph, blurring literary boundaries, a dose of unabashed comic bravura, honouring British writing with awkward, self-conscious, jagged aplomb.
-- The Short Review 2008
Like literary cocaine, you'll want another quick line.
-- Bob Magazine,2007
Offbeat, unsettling, hilarious, Aromabingo is a solid step on from the accomplished Sawn-Off Tales. Gaffney is a name to watch.
-- Bookmunch, November 2007
-- The Short Review 2008
Like literary cocaine, you'll want another quick line.
-- Bob Magazine,2007
Offbeat, unsettling, hilarious, Aromabingo is a solid step on from the accomplished Sawn-Off Tales. Gaffney is a name to watch.
-- Bookmunch, November 2007
Review
Utterly brilliant. Hilariously demented and wonderfully succinct. David Gaffney’s Sawn-off Tales are little McNuggets of pure gold. This is writing at its best. (Graham Rawle )
David Gaffney writes truly 21st century stories for a fragmented and fragmenting world; they’re short, snappy and utterly addictive and they should be required reading for anybody trying to make sense of Britain in 2006; or for anybody in a bus queue with five minutes to spare. (Ian McMillan )
Funny, pointed, and sometimes even disturbing, Gaffney’s stories deserve to be read. (Jim Burns Ambit )
Gaffney’s book will knock you out. Packed with emotion, annoyance, and social science fiction, its a testament to imagination and the skill of illustrating it. (Harlan Levey Modart )
Gaffney has produced the kind of book that makes you wish you spent more time locked in your imagination and less time dismissing irreverent thoughts. There’s a parochial quality to this work that gives off a humble warm glow. Set in Woolworths, barber shops, and offices, Gaffney looks at relationships and his characters are all a little lost and tinged with pathos but surreally optimistic. Each story has a quirky end which make you wish Gaffney was allowed 15 minutes of time with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant to make his vision come to life. (Lianne Steinberg The Big Issue )
Reality becomes dislocated and strange and words and phrases acquire a compelling importance in these sad, funny fables. They recall evanescent moments of connection and happiness. One hundred and fifty words by Gaffney are more worthwhile than novels by a good many others. (Nicholas Clee The Guardian )
David Gaffney writes truly 21st century stories for a fragmented and fragmenting world; they’re short, snappy and utterly addictive and they should be required reading for anybody trying to make sense of Britain in 2006; or for anybody in a bus queue with five minutes to spare. (Ian McMillan )
Funny, pointed, and sometimes even disturbing, Gaffney’s stories deserve to be read. (Jim Burns Ambit )
Gaffney’s book will knock you out. Packed with emotion, annoyance, and social science fiction, its a testament to imagination and the skill of illustrating it. (Harlan Levey Modart )
Gaffney has produced the kind of book that makes you wish you spent more time locked in your imagination and less time dismissing irreverent thoughts. There’s a parochial quality to this work that gives off a humble warm glow. Set in Woolworths, barber shops, and offices, Gaffney looks at relationships and his characters are all a little lost and tinged with pathos but surreally optimistic. Each story has a quirky end which make you wish Gaffney was allowed 15 minutes of time with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant to make his vision come to life. (Lianne Steinberg The Big Issue )
Reality becomes dislocated and strange and words and phrases acquire a compelling importance in these sad, funny fables. They recall evanescent moments of connection and happiness. One hundred and fifty words by Gaffney are more worthwhile than novels by a good many others. (Nicholas Clee The Guardian )
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Hannah F
Format:Hardcover
If Dave Eggers, Dan Rhodes and Miranda July had three way sex and spawned a child who was brought up by the backward talking dwarf in twin peaks and Vic Reeves, with Ivor Cutler as his uncle, that goes someway to explain David Gaffney and the weird world he creates with these stories. I had to read a couple of them again to get the idea, but re-experiencing them is like watching a Simpsons repeat and seeing a dozens more jokes you missed first time round. Tightly structured and densely packed with juicy goodies, they are a great read, and in this deliciously designed hardback, make a great present too.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having devoured Sawn Off Tales I looked forward to more from Gaffney only to be slightly disappointed. Same menu, less bite especially in the shorter stories. I was more impressed with his elongated versions. He has the ability to tell a story in a Hemingwayesque "chopped to the bone" manner. I suspect that many take their shape from and are truncated by his interesting, shady, present occupation.
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
