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Aromabingo (Salt Modern Fiction) (Paperback)

by David Gaffney (Author)

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Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Salt Publishing (15 Oct 2009)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1844715469
ISBN-13: 978-1844715466
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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Bookmunch, November 2007

Offbeat, unsettling, hilarious, Aromabingo is a solid step on from the accomplished Sawn-Off Tales. Gaffney is a name to watch.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Bob Magazine,2007

Like literary cocaine, you'll want another quick line.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wander through a universe of quirk, 4 Nov 2007

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This review is from: Aromabingo (Salt Modern Fiction) (Hardcover)

As well as a few dozen more of the one-punch-and-your-out 200 word blasts of humour and poignancy Gaffney is famous for, in this, his second collection of short fiction, the author dips his toe into longer forms, and demonstrates he can do these just as well as the 150 word sprints he so brilliantly pulled off in Sawn Off Tales (Salt, 2006) In Aromabingo he helpfully divides his stories into three section -the 45s are micro fiction, the 12 inch singles are mid-length, and the long players are the big ones. One wonders what anyone under thirty will make of this categorisation, but I for one certainly got the idea. The `12 inch single' stories avoid the old eighties tricks of chucking in a few extra choruses and a long instrumental bit in the middle for the dance-floor, by taking Gaffney's ideas on to a new level, often losing a little of the broader humour, but acquiring instead a sense of loss, of despondency - menace even - that in his shorter pieces he can't really develop. The longer stories are often just as funny, but more wistful, yearning affairs. I liked This is about Dixie, which explores the effect of an electronic cat flap on the social structure of a bunch of neighbourhood cats, illustrating the loneliness and aggression of the narrator who, with no cats of his own, obsessively analyses the behaviour of the local cats with forensic attention. Overall, Aromabingo is an excellent read having all the wit and charm of sawn-off tales with the added brooding melancholy of a Gaffney given freedom to wander further intro through the minds and universes of his quirky people.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great present, 22 Oct 2007

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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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Come for the clowns, stay for the opera, 14 Nov 2007

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It seems like everybody's doing ultra short stories now - John Fuller, Etger Keret, Dave Eggers, Dan Rhodes, even some of Miranda July's work is of that nature. Now David Gaffney's brought out a second collection. Like Carver, Gaffney aims for brevity and sometimes minimalism, and you get a sense that he started with a big lump of prose and chiselled away until a tiny perfect sculpture was formed. Now whenever I read a long piece of prose I wonder if there's one of Gaffney's short sharp shorts hidden within in, screaming to be freed. Funny vignettes on the surface, these stories have hidden depths and Gaffney's prose, like tangled, slimy weed, can drag you down into a murky place. Come for the clowns, stay for the opera.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not as Good as !
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. Read more

Published 19 months ago by Michael J. Salt

5.0 out of 5 stars Bizarre and cronky
Aromabingo is a startling set of stories - funny, moving, disturbing and bewildering all at the same time and sometimes even in the space of a sentence. Read more

Published on 27 Oct 2007 by Eric M

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