{"product_id":"scandal-at-the-alphorn-factory-new-and-selected-short-fiction-2024-1984-9781738009886","title":"Scandal at the Alphorn Factory: New and Selected Short Fiction, 2024-1984","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new collection of stories by Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Gary Barwin that puts the fab in fabulist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eScandal at the Alphorn Factory: New and Selected Short Fiction, 1984-2024\u003c\/i\u003e couples brand new and uncollected stories with selections of the most playful and ambitious of Barwin's previous collections, including \u003ci\u003eCruelty to Fabulous Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBig Red Baby\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoctor Weep and Other Strange Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI, Dr. Greenblatt, Orthodontist, 251-1457\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarwin's prose kicks against short fiction's more traditional forms: these are pieces that flirt with poetry and playwriting. Whole stories--and worlds--are packed into single compact paragraphs. There are narrators and fleas and lists and imperatives and Hitler's moustache and radiant happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnown as a \"whiz-bang storyteller\" who can deliver magical, dream-like sequences and truisms about the human condition in the same paragraph, Barwin's trademark brilliance, wit, and originality are on display in this can't-miss collection of short fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Barwin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of 31 books of fiction, poetry and non-fiction and has published, performed and broadcast his work internationally. His national bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eYiddish for Pirates\u003c\/i\u003e won the Leacock Medal for Humour, was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for Fiction and the Scotiabank Giller Prize and was longlisted for Canada Reads. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario and at garybarwin.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Assembly Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50929190437138,"sku":"9781738009886","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a9946a7b-af81-46cb-a590-5f93cd0d2bef.jpg?v=1739035379","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/scandal-at-the-alphorn-factory-new-and-selected-short-fiction-2024-1984-9781738009886","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}