Description Nicola Barker weaves humor and tragedy through this fresh and original collection, as her characters struggle to find love, independence, and fulfillment in this new addition to the Ecco Art of the Story series Nicola Barker\'s collection of her nineteen most brilliant Stories exemplifies her ability to create daring, witty, and dynamic characters, all their idiosyncracies intact.
The Three Button Trick and Other Stories is a resonant, audacious volume from a write.
Barker skillfully intertwines humor with despair to stimulate any reader\'s interest; she taps into the psyches of her characters to create an authentic, original, and highly enjoyable read.
Lippy" who, traumatized by two unfortunate incidents as a young boy, is an eccentric obsessed with freedom and the sea.
Wesley is the protagonist of a three-part collection, "Blisters," "Braces," and "Mr.
Carrie falls for this trick, and it takes twenty-one years, a curious friend, and an eighty-three-year-old widower for her to realize her mistake.
The title story, "Three Button Trick," is about a man who deliberately buttons his duffel coat incorrectly to attract sympathetic females. "G-String" and "Symbiosis: Class Cestoda" detail women who gain self-esteem, albeit through quirky methods, despite the cowardly men who try to suppress them. "Inside Information" is a pun of a title, describing how the protagonist\'s unborn fetus is the only one able to reform his mother\'s compulsive shoplifting by pulling the ultimate prank.
The collection begins with a smart tale of a teenage girl whose obsession with the size of her nose dangerously compromises her relationships with her friends and her family.
Through her confident and clever style, these short Stories sling Barker to the forefront of fiction writing, as she is reminiscent of Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, and Margaret Atwood.
Barker\'s Stories often use wordplay and humor to stretch the boundaries of metaphor and reality as the outrageously original plots unfold.
Description Nicola Barker weaves humor and tragedy through this fresh and original collection, as her characters struggle to find love, independence, and fulfillment in this new addition to the Ecco Art of the Story series Nicola Barker\'s collection of her nineteen most brilliant Stories exemplifies her ability to create daring, witty, and dynamic characters, all their idiosyncracies intact
