Need
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (891 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1896332102 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 139 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Midwest Book Review said A worthwhile investment for the short story enthusiast. Need is a primal desire, overwhelming a simple craving. "Need" is a collection of short stories from Robert Thomson exploring the concept of need and how it drives people to do things they say they never would do. Honest and candid, these stories explore the frankness of human nature and are highly entertaining. "Need" is a worthwhile investment for the short story enthusiast.
Almost all the characters here, whether downtown queer or suburban housewife, are grappling with the tension between who they are and who they're expected to be. --XtraThere is an immediacy to Thomson's writing, a sense that he is capturing the fleeting thoughts which comprise the texture of day-to-day life. His solution? He melds the film characters of Julie Andrews and Tim Curry into a drag personal named Maria Von Frank N Trapp Furter. Thomson's queer credentials are solid--his stories have appeared in the anthologies Queer View Mirror and Brothers of the Night--but it's easy to praise them for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with what makes his characters sexually aroused and everything to do with the way he puts them together for his readers. -- The Toronto StarEngaging and sometimes striking in their insights, offering ghastly-funny snap
Robert Thomson's second collection of short, gay-themed stories marks his growth as an observer with a pen. Written with immediacy, grace and wit, the 16 stories in this collection can be held up like mirrors to our emotional selves.. Thomson delves incisively into the varieties of need we experience - sometimes through emotional fireworks, but more often in the personal, quiet, sometimes funny, and painful details of daily life