Electric Flesh by Claro
Howard Hordinary is convinced that he's the bastard grandchild of Harry Houdini. An unemployed executioner with a fetish for electric chairs, Howard is tormented by multiple perversities and obsessed with schemes to restore his status as executioner and as Houdini's legitimate heir. Cycling back and forth between Hordinary's paranoid present and Houdini's fantastical past -- teeming with freaks, carnies, scientists, con men, lunatics, and Houdini's own obsessions -- Electric Flesh is a sizzling blend of fact and fiction, penned by an exciting new voice in American fiction.
Claro is a French writer and translator. Brian Evenson is the author of a dozen books of fiction, including the story collection A Collapse of Horses and the novella The Warren. He has also published Windeye and Immobility, both of which were finalists for a Shirley Jackson Award. His novel Last Days won the American Library Association's award for Best Horror Novel of 2009. His novel The Open Curtain was a finalist for an Edgar Award and an International Horror Guild Award. Other books include The Wavering Knife (which won the IHG Award for best story collection), Dark Property, and Altmann's Tongue. He has translated work by Christian Gailly, Jean Frémon, Claro, Jacques Jouet, Eric Chevillard, Antoine Volodine, Manuela Draeger, and David B. He is the recipient of three O. Henry Prizes as well as an NEA fellowship. His work has been translated into French, Italian, Greek Spanish, Japanese, Persian, and Slovenian. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches in the Critical Studies Program at CalArts.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781933368238 |
| ISBN 10 | 1933368233 |
| Title | Electric Flesh |
| Author | Claro |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Counterpoint |
| Year published | 2006-08-28 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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