Slim and the Beast by Samul Barrantes
Sergeant Chandler Dykes is obsessed with two misfits: Slim, a former cadet with a brutal neck scar, and his best friend, The Beast, a college basketball star with a proclivity for cooking. When Slim and The Beast take shelter from a hurricane in a country bar, they learn that Sgt. Dykes has been haunting the place, raving about opossums, bathtub whiskey, and his estranged cadet, Slim. As the bartender swaps tales with Slim and The Beast in hopes of understanding Dykes' obsession, the two young men are forced to confront their own troubled pasts. With dexterous prose and unflinching humor, wrapped in the rich dialect of the South, the conversations at Lockart's traverse art, love, sex, and philosophy, warily observing the savage storm and the ghosts it seems to be dredging up. A remarkable first novel that recalls the liveliness of Wells Tower and packs the punch of Denis Johnson, Slim and The Beast lays out what's at stake in a friendship, recalling the decisions we make on the edge of adulthood that define the person we become.
Barrantes, Samuü¾Ž–”¼l L.: - Samuü¾Ž–”¼l L. Barrantes is an essayist and novelist from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. His work has appeared in Paris Lit Up Magazine, SLAM Magazine, and The International Forum for Logotherapy. He is a specialist in Viktor Frankl's philosophy and the Three Viennese Schools of Psychotherapy. He currently lives in Paris.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781941758021 |
| ISBN 10 | 1941758029 |
| Title | Slim and the Beast |
| Author | Samu�l L Barrantes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Inkshares |
| Year published | 2015-02-03 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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