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Bushnell my name is lucifer morningstar, trumpets a character in jeremy p. Hes a wannabe writer looking for his big break and working part time in a sandwich shop. In exchange for saving the world from a powerful warlock, he offers billy a book deal. Bushnell is the fiction editor for, and is also the lead developer of inevitable, a tabletop game released by dystopian holdings.
The weirdness, by jeremy bushnell by melville house. Theyre also both about everyday people making the ordinary sorts of mistakes that human beings make, with results that are tragic, comic, or both. Bushnell author jeremy bushnell is the fiction editor for, and is also the lead developer of inevitable, a tabletop game released by dystopian holdings. Nov 11, 2014 the weirdness marks jeremy bushnells foray into what he describes as a more traditional style of storytelling, appealing because i had gone so far in the direction of experimental writing that it led me back to more traditional writingit felt experimental to write a story with a beginning, middle, end, and protagonist. Before you dismiss the debut novel of jeremy bushnell, who teaches writing at northeastern, as another plodding entry in the publishing industrys quest to put out what seems like every saga written about young brooklyn literary types, read past the first chapter. Bushnell, author of previous bookshot, the weirdness. April 2014 will george fiction the weirdness by jeremy p.
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Mar 04, 2014 this entry was posted in american literature, blogging, bookish, ebooks, fiction, humor, poetry and tagged jeremy bushnell, melville house, the weirdness on march 4, 2014 by pickygirl. The weirdness is about satan with a powerpoint presentation, warlocks that dig starbucks, hellwolves, and doing the right thingor at least thinking about it. Bushnell clearly loves his skewed vision of the world and wants to share it, sort of harry potter meets christopher moore via the big lebowski, a mix of jokes about proust and hemingway with urban. All he has to do is track down the neko of infinite equilibrium, a lucky cat statue currently in the hands of the most powerful warlock on the eastern. This is the first novel by bushnell, a fiction editor for and teacher at northeastern university. The desire for revenge rises within him, resplendent and gauche, like the phoenix on the hood of a trans am. Bushnell, the weirdness melville house, 2014 full disclosure. Before you dismiss northeastern writing professor jeremy bushnells debut as another plodding entry in the publishing industrys quest to put out what seems like every novel written about.
Bushnell s wonderfully weird and entertaining esquire debut, the weirdness ollie kruegers days as a punk kid practicing street magic are are mostly behind her. Jeremy bushnell, the weirdness porter square books. Bushnell never loses command of his wildlycareering plot, his characters are welldrawn and distinct, and the books comic timing is never lees than impeccable. But because the book takes the insular world of wannabe writers seriously enough to be worthy of satire in the first place, this. He teaches writing at northeastern university in boston, and he lives in dedham, massachusetts. Bushnell, including the weirdness, and the insides, and more on. Jeremy bushnell s the weirdness was the best straightup novel i read all year and i loved leon neyfakhs the next next level, an examination of what looking at another person can make us learn about ourselves. Okay, so i took a much longer time reading this then i intended too. Jeremy bushnell, the weirdness a blend of beans from the minas gerais region of brazil, with hints of caramel and cocoa, this smooth and balanced blend is inspired by bushnell s delightfully unbalanced novel about a definitively unsmooth young writer trying to find his place in the world, in writing, and, in service to the prince of lies. At a few points during 2015, strong voices pulled me in for longer periods of time. The book is exactly what it is called, it is a bunch of weirdness. The weirdness is absolutely, positively one of the most original takes on the nearing middle age, suffering male writer bit bushnell manages to turn this story on its head in what should be the most ridiculous novel youve ever read.
An aspiring author, he spends most of his time either making artisanal sandwiches for the betteroffthanheis who frequent the shop he works at, or. The weirdness manages to soar beyond the potentially familiar tropes of urban fantasy with a strong sense of style and character bushnells debut novel is a clever, darkly satiric tale of the devil, literary brooklyn and the human penchant for underachievement. Hed return to having sex in the back seat of cars except neither he nor denver own a car. Bushnells debut novel, the weirdness, should put all doubt to rest the lurid red book cover portraying a sinister, pentagramwearing maneki neko the beckoning cat sculpture that welcomes visitors to japanese shops and restaurants stood out even among the 650 exhibits at the association of writers and. The weirdness by jeremy bushnell is by far one of the most bizarre books that ive ever read. Its about knives, meat, weird portals, witches, monsters, and racists. If the importance of book cover design was ever in question, the art for jeremy p. Download free the weirdness a novel jeremy bushnell the weirdness a novel jeremy bushnell the weirdness, by jeremy p. Im the author of two novels published by melville house, the weirdness 2014 and the insides 2016. Jeremy bushnell, the weirdness and rachel cantor, a highly.
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An unexpectedly hilarious story about making a deal with the devil, full of quirky characters and situations. This entry was posted in american literature, blogging, bookish, ebooks, fiction, humor, poetry and tagged jeremy bushnell, melville house, the weirdness on march 4, 2014 by pickygirl. Book recommendations for people who like the weirdness by jeremy p bushnell. Author jeremy bushnells story only fitfully engages but doesnt entirely discourage. Too bad he goes missing for most of the book s second half. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store. Buy this book in bushnell s debut, sadsack aspiring brooklynbased writer billy. Olive krueger is put in charge of a very special, magical knife that she must protect from the forces of darkness, including an exmarine named pig. Its a literary urban fantasy with sharp things to say about the way we live now, darkened by a touch of scandinavian thriller. Sep 05, 2014 the weirdness by jeremy bushnell is by far one of the most bizarre books that ive ever read.