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Dial M for Monkey (Paperback)

by Adam Maxwell (Author)
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  • Paperback: 124 pages
  • Publisher: Tonto Books (26 Jun 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0955218322
  • ISBN-13: 978-0955218323
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.6 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 828,725 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Adam Maxwell's first collection of short stories is inventive, funny, dark, and hugely entertaining. The twenty stories included here range from a bizarre quest to find a dead rockstar's limb (Jim Morrison's Leg) to a memorable warning about the hidden dangers of building sites (the acclaimed Shooting Jelly With A Shotgun). Effortlessly fusing pop culture, gunplay, and simians, Dial M For Monkey contains a vibrant mixture of short stories - and short-short stories - most never published before. This unmissable collection represents another shot in the arm for the resurgent form of the short story. As featured in Tonto Short Stories and Dave Eggers' McSweeney's.

About the Author
Adam Maxwell was born in 1976 and has written for a plethora of publications, including Dave Eggers' McSweeney's, and Tonto Short Stories. According to his wife, he has an 'unhealthy obsession' with Bob Dylan and the Beatles, and manages to be 'increasingly worrying' in a number of other areas. He has a Masters Degree in Creative Writing from Northumbria University, and lives in the wilds of Northumberland. This is his first book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very unique stories!, 5 Jul 2006
This book was recommended by Buy A Friend A Book, and you should certainly consider buying it for your friend if they enjoy quirky, funny, sometimes quite mad short stories! The stories feature guns, pop culture references, and of course monkeys, and are often very short, perfect for bedtime (or bathroom) reading.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dial M for Monkey, 13 Feb 2009
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This is an inventive and cleverly thought out book of stories. Well worth a read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Smoke-long poptastic Imax 3D injections of joy. , 3 Sep 2006
My favourite pop songs are three minutes long, yet they can take me to heights of ecstasy. Adam Maxwell's short stories are the same. Each one takes just about five minutes to read, as long as it takes to light a cigarette and smoke it, yet the effect is that of a 900 page saga. They're Blitzkrieg Bob rather than Pink Floyd, but I love them for it. It's like you're watching a film on your mobile but it's in IMAX 3D. A man thinks his neighbour's eyes look like winter vegetables, people adopt tramps, a gun gets put in a microwave, testicles explode with an attractive and unusual sound. Every story is a fascinating skewed take on logical thinking carried to far. If you like Barry White the Ramones, Captain Beefheart and Abba, you'll like these. Books? I can't compare them to books.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A new voice bursts onto the scene!
Adam Maxwell's first story collection is bursting with exciting ideas. These are, by anyone's standards, short shorts. Read more
Published on 11 Jul 2006 by NE Reader

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this for everyone you ever meet!
The trouble with most new short story compilations, is that the stories are often neither short nor that new/original. Read more
Published on 5 Jul 2006 by Fran Lyon

5.0 out of 5 stars Short And Very Sweet
Having read excerpts of "Shooting Jelly With A Shotgun" online, I was looking forward to some more of Adam Maxwells highly original short stories and I was not disappointed... Read more
Published on 5 Jul 2006 by AlanF

5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh Out Loud Good
These short stories are great to read with a cup of coffee, just the right length. They make you laugh out loud, shudder with discomfort or just make you think and smile. Read more
Published on 5 Jul 2006 by W. A. Lee

5.0 out of 5 stars Medium Magazine gives Monkey thumbs-up
'I almost spanked a monkey' is the sort of statement that will catch the attention of the Medium Magazine team. We like that sort of thing. Read more
Published on 4 Jul 2006 by Laurie Cansfield

5.0 out of 5 stars Dark, funny and hugely enjoyable
This is the first time I have read Adam Maxwell's stories and I was not disappointed. From the flash fiction of `I Almost Spanked A Monkey' - a story of a monkey singing the... Read more
Published on 4 Jul 2006 by P. G. Levy

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