{"product_id":"welcome-thieves-stories-9781616208134b","title":"Welcome Thieves: Stories","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e“Funny and propulsive” short stories blending black humor and sharply intelligent imagination (Sam Lipsyte, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Fun Parts\u003c\/span\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn twelve virtuosic stories, Sean Beaudoin trains his absurdist’s eye on the ridiculous perplexities of adult life. From muddling through after the apocalypse (“\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBase Omega Has Twelve Dictates\u003c\/span\u003e”) to the knowing smirk of “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eYou Too Can Graduate with a Degree in Contextual Semiotics\u003c\/span\u003e,” Beaudoin’s stories are edgy and profane, bittersweet and angry, bemused and sardonic. Yet they’re always tinged with heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWise Young Fool, The Infects\u003c\/span\u003e, and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eYou Killed Wesley Payne\u003c\/span\u003e follows in the tradition of Vonnegut and Saunders with “a deviously spellbinding collection of short stories,” filled with playfulness, pathos, and a variety of young protagonists struggling to adapt to the bizarre and sometimes brutal world of adulthood (Garth Stein).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e“The character-driven tales are darkly comedic, filled with misfits like Primo and The Albatross, Danny and Steak, Sad Girl, Razr and Roy Boi, and Butterfly and Cher—characters so compelling that they are at once savage and powerless, redemptive and sardonic. . . . [They] fill the pages of Welcome Thieves, their complexities and frailties enough to recommend Beaudoin as a student and brilliant interpreter of human nature.” —\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Kansas City Star\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Thrilling and mercilessly readable, the stories in \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWelcome Thieves\u003c\/span\u003e go off like a string of firecrackers, sizzling and popping with a narrative velocity that is equal parts grit and polish. Beaudoin is definitely a writer to watch.” —Jonathan Evison, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThis Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42869371600976,"sku":"9781616208134B","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781616208134-l.jpg?v=1785890518","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/welcome-thieves-stories-9781616208134b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}