The Prince of the World

Stories

Christopher R Howard

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Seven Stories Press,U.S.
15 January 2013

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Short stories

In these six stories, Chris Howard reasserts his talent for evoking the gritty and the apocalyptic with poeticgrace.

Intelligent People Speaking Reasonablyfollows two Iraq vets adrift in the civilian life of the Pacific Northwest.

Space is Kindnesswitnesses the unexpected death of Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan from the perspectiveof a local reporter and a photographer rushing to the crash-site in 2000.

Darkstartakes place in Dublin and follows a young outcast named Sailor through grimy, pre Apocalypticstreets as he tries to find the soulmate he hasn't seen since childhood.

Son of Mantells the story of the Manson family from the perspective of one of its members.

How to Make Millions in the Oil Marketcontemplates the absurdity of war from the point of view of aBlackwater contractor first in the chaos of Iraq and later in the relative peace of the US.

The epictitle storyPrince of the Worldfollows a mixed-race orphan named Labelle as he wanders north alongthe Mississippi, ultimately caught in the infamous Starved Rock Massacre in Howard's home-state of Illinois.

By: Christopher R Howard
Imprint: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 221g
ISBN: 9781609804381
ISBN 10: 1609804384
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 January 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christopher Howard grew up in Illinois and spent a few months of an abortedPeace Corps sojourn in Mongolia in the late 1990s. His short story, ""How to MakeMillions in the Oil Market,"" published in McSweeney's, was nominated for the 2008National Magazine Award in Fiction. Along with Jodi Picoult, he was one of twoauthors selected to provide a short story for the launch of Amazon Singles inJanuary 2011.

Reviews for The Prince of the World: Stories

With a rich blend of sardonic wit and ethical outrage, an unflinching eye for sensory nuance both grotesque and sublime, and a lucid prose that suggests a more cosmopolitan Cormac McCarthy, Howard is probably the greatest literary prophet of doom we have working. -Jeanne Thornton, author of The Dream of Doctor Bantam At his best, Howard can be a truly hypnotic writer ... [who] leaves the reader thirsty for his next work. -Boston Globe Literary stories exploring the dark, cruel borders of realism. -Kirkus Reviews