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Iory Fonseca iorymeira — Brilliant in its conception, this is a kind of book I can devour in a single sitting. It is set during the annual meet of the Israfel Society (an organization devoted to the study of Edger Allen Poe). Among the attendees is the great Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. But soon, it is clear that the meeting of Poe affectionados can never be devoid of a murder. Borges, as expected, assumes the role of a detective. Filled with philosophical speculations, this novel is a caricature of the classic murder mystery, but in the end it emerges as a clever mystery in itself. The sole pleasure of the book is in its nudge-nudge-wink-wink narration, which often jumps into meta-fiction, and in the vague hint that the narrator, who revers Borges, is aware that they are in a story. And it's beautifully handled by Verissimo! The best pieces in the novel are the conversations between the narrator and Borges as they throw literary references at one another while solving the mystery, most of which are obscure and esoteric. They may not amount to anything, but as Borges wrote in the opening sentence of The Book Of Imaginary Beings: "there is great pleasure in out-of-date erudition". Can you think of an orangutan who will end up writing a Shakespearean tale if made to sit in front of a typewriter for eternity? Exactly my point!

азизбек ачилов _chilov — I found this book at Dollar General, when I saw it, I was like, "no way, I've always wanted to check out Owen's writing!" I've been a Stephen King fan for years and years, and I've since come to love the few things I've gotten to read by the other members of his family. So, yea, I was a tad excited to find this book, and for a good price. Plus it's a collection of short stories, which I have a soft spot for... bonus points if you will :) I'll say right off the bat that I was not disappointed in this book at all, the writing was as good as I'd expected it to be, maybe better. The King family has some kind of writing gene I guess. I would have liked more of it though, maybe longer stories or more stories... I'm a lil greedy like that sometimes when I find writing I like. The title novella was my favorite in the collection. The characters were quirky, but nicely developed, and I wanted to know more about them. The old men made me laugh out loud, they seemed like people I might know. Even the scenarios seemed strange but normal, watching strange travel shows on tv, talking politics, and the punkish attitude of George, and also of Sugar and Tolson were exactly like kids I've known. The ending came as a surprise to me, the mystery of the old man's newspaper, and who was spray-painting his sign, I sort of had to laugh at who it was. It wasn't altogether happy though, but it was still a good ending. "Frozen Animals" caught my attention from the beginning. I liked that it was set in the past, and I wanted to know more of the characters, where they were going, what was going to happen. Like the dentist, I thought this story had a strange, surreal sort of quality. Almost like a weird trip. It ended abruptly though, when I wanted to know what else was going to happen. "Wonders" was also strange, and it was probably the one I liked the least. It started out good, I liked the characters, and how it was also set in the past. I didn't really like the sideshow freaks, but they weren't awful, at least until Eckstein and Lillian went there on their late-night mission. Then I think I got lost, maybe a little confused, because I'm still not sure exactly what happened (bit of a pretty nasty spoiler here) (view spoiler). The next story, "Snake", was pretty good. The teenage character was easy for me to understand, and the setting of the deserted, crappy mall was totally familiar. The ending was the best part though. To me it was a neat little sort of adventure. "My Second Wife" was fascinating. The idea of just taking an anything-goes road trip has always been cool. Strange drunken things happen, and it also had the feeling of a weird trip, mostly due to the odd things that went on, the brother and the whole situation with the car they went to get, and the episode with Jesse and especially the end, when he was watching tv and seen her. I did kind of want to know what happened to Wayne after he went to Haiti, but that's just a mystery left up to my own imagination. All in all, a good collection, and I would really, really love to see more of Owen King's work, I hope he keeps writing, and getting published! I'd love to see a full length novel, or more shorties... either way'd be good with me.