The Roy Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781609804978)

Barry Gifford has been writing gritty, American tales for the past forty years. His novels, stories, poetry, and films have helped shape the American neo-noir genre. The New York Times Book Review says that he "can sum up in a few words the cruelty, horror, and crushing banality that shape an entire life."

Andrei Codrescu calls Gifford "a great comic realist," while Pedro Almodar likens him to the surrealist filmmaker Luis Buel, and Jonathan Lethem describes his style as "William Faulkner by way of B-movie film noir, porn paperbacks, and Sun Records rockabilly."

In The Roy Stories Gifford brings his signature style to a collection of tales following the character of Roy, who has made appearances in a number of Gifford's previous story collections. Roy lives a mystical kind of life, skinning crocodiles in Southern Florida at age nine in the 1940s and playing in the back alleys of Chicago in the 1950s. This deep-feeling boy observes every detail in his surroundings with a sense of dark humor and an openness that will clutch readers tightly by the heart and lead them on a historical journey.

Author: Barry Gifford
ISBN-10: 160980497X
ISBN-13: 9781609804978
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2013
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.20d