Gork, the Teenage Dragon
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Gork, the Teenage Dragon by Gabe Hudson
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A Barnes & Noble Best New Fiction of the Month Pick Hilarious. . . . Gork is less Game of Thrones and more The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
--Rolling Stone
Delightful. . . . Gork satirically plumbs some of the same supervillain territory that forms the basis of recent films like Despicable Me.
--Paul Di Filippo, The Barnes & Noble Review
No good human won't love this dragon named Gork. --Dave Eggers
Outrageous storytelling and soulful humor in the tradition of Kurt Vonnegut.--Gary Shteyngart Gork isn't like the other dragons at WarWings Military Academy. He has a gigantic heart, two-inch horns, and an occasional problem with fainting. His nickname is Weak Sauce and his Will to Power ranking is Snacklicious--the lowest in his class. But he is determined not to let any of this hold him back as he embarks on the most important mission of his life: tonight, on the eve of his high school graduation, he must ask a female dragon to be his queen. If she says yes, they'll go off to conquer a foreign planet together. If she says no, Gork becomes a slave. Vying with Jocks, Nerds, Mutants, and Multi-Dimensioners to find his mate, Gork encounters an unforgettable cast of friends and foes, including Dr. Terrible, the mad scientist; Fribby, a robot dragon obsessed with death; and Metheldra, a healer specializing in acupuncture with swords. But finally it is Gork's biggest perceived weakness, his huge heart, that will guide him through his epic quest and help him reach his ultimate destination: planet Earth. A love story, a fantasy, and a coming-of-age story, Gork the Teenage Dragon is a wildly comic, beautifully imagined, and deeply heartfelt debut novel that shows us just how human a dragon can be.
Gabe Hudson earned his MFA at Brown University, where he won the John Hawkes Award in Fiction. The New Yorker and McSweeney's have both published his stories. He was a PEN/Hemingway Finalist and awarded the Sue Kaufman Prize for Debut Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He currently resides in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780375713415 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375713417 |
| Title | Gork, the Teenage Dragon |
| Author | Gabe Hudson |
| Series | Vintage Contemporaries |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2018-06-26 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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