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Description
Andrew Hood's debut collection heralds a young talent with an irresistible style and merciless eye. These unapologetic stories deal with an assortment of foolish self-destructive small town anti-heroes. They are unlikely odes and elegies for human shabbiness.A newly-wed conjures a ghost in an attempt to contact her absent husband. A seventeen year old is blackmailed into buying drugs for his English teacher. A tumescent young Blue Jay's fan and his tumor-addled sister are swept up in the tempest of the Blue Jay's 1989 run for the World Series. An estranged stepmother and stepson embark on a pilgrimage to the Michael Jackson trial.Hood's cleverly wrought lyrical prose is the perfect foil for a prevailing lack of forgiveness, which becomes the overriding monstrosity of each story. Every character wants only to be pardoned, but will not, themselves, grant it.
Editorial Review
"Andrew Hood is a young (really young), driven (really driven), perceptive, under-the-skin writer. He's the real deal, and coming on strong; this is a writer you'll want to hitch a ride with from the outset, as the journey promises to be monumental." -Trevor Ferguson
"Andrew Hood's Pardon Our Monsters, simply put, is a powerhouse of artistry and reveals to us a writer in whom enormous talent deeply abides." -Montreal Review of Books
“?"It feels good and true and timeless. This story rivals the legendary best. Purely as a trigger for our deepest, intuitive understanding of humans and the world, it's flawless. It instantly swept away 40 of my years. I don't know how to say, in this few words, why, when the book gets good, it gets uncannily, magnificently good." -Jim Bartley, Globe and Mail
