Wounded Boarders
Stories
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Dzanc Books
Published:24th Sep '26
£12.99
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Witty and surprising, George Singleton’s latest short fiction collection welcomes both new and longtime readers with his signature offbeat humor, perfect for fans of George Saunders and Jill McCorkle
A seasoned house flipper befriends a club of hook-handed, shuffleboard-playing war veterans to deter a potential stalker. A couple in a middle-of-nowhere ghost town quells their boredom by luring would-be robbers to their house. A former yearbook photographer enacts revenge upon the students who got him fired. And a fallen-from-grace comedian pays a visit to the hypnotist looking to curb his less-desirable habits, then finds the treatment a bit too effective for his liking.
Crafted with Singleton’s distinctive mix of satire and charm, the stories in Wounded Boarders take readers from binocular-clad boyhood to the inbox of an adjunct professor and a host of others at the end of their rope. Undeniably Southern in nature, these stories capture the absurdity of the mundane, offering a glimpse into the routines and recollections of imperfect people whose lives are stranger than fiction.
"From the well-known Southern humorist, another fun house gallery of small-town misfits at the ends of their tethers. As the nation’s, and the region’s, politics get ever more divided and mean, Singleton’s satire grows darker and sharper. Yet what makes it work, as always, is an essential sweetness and decency...A Southern comic master in top form."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Singleton shows himself to be a sort of literary Rembrandt, playing with shadow and light in subtle and unforgettable angles, delighting in all the ways something ordinary becomes spectacular."—Christine Ma-Kellams, The Colorado Review
"George Singleton is a prolific, if undervalued, writer of Southern novels and short stories...Dry wit and an occasionally cantankerous tone imbue these characters with a humanity that might otherwise go unheralded. The men and women in George Singleton’s South may be down, but they’re not out, thanks to his love of underdogs."—Lee Polevoi, Highbrow Magazine
ISBN: 9781938603945
Dimensions: 215mm x 139mm x 17mm
Weight: unknown
236 pages