{"product_id":"bin-ladens-bald-spot-other-stories-other-stories-paperback","title":"Bin Laden's Bald Spot: \u0026 Other Stories: \u0026 Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the peculiar and headlong world of Brian Doyle s fiction, where the odd is happening all the time, reported upon by characters of every sort and stripe. Swirling voices and skeins of story, laughter and rage, ferocious attention to detail and sweeping nuttiness, tears and chortling--these stories will remind readers of the late giant David Foster Wallace, in their straightforward accounts of anything-but-straightforward events; of modern short story pioneer Raymond Carver, a bit, in their blunt, unadorned dialogue; and of Julia Whitty, a bit, in their willingness to believe what is happening, even if it absolutely shouldn t be.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eFunny, piercing, unique, memorable, this is a collection of stories readers will find nearly impossible to forget: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e... The barber who shaves the heads of the thugs in Bin Laden s cave tells cheerful stories of life with the preening video-obsessed leader, who has a bald spot shaped just like Iceland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e... A husband gathers all of his wife s previous boyfriends for a long day on a winery-touring bus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e... A teenage boy drives off into the sunset with his troubled sister s small daughters...and the loser husband locked in the trunk of the car.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e... The late Joseph Kennedy pours out his heart to a golf-course bartender moments before the stroke that silenced him forever.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e... A man digging in his garden finds a brand-new baby boy, still alive, and has a chat with the teenage neighbor girl whose son it is.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e... A man born on a Greyhound bus eventually buys the entire Greyhound Bus Company and revolutionizes Western civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e... A mountainous bishop dies and the counting of the various keys to his house turns... tense.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e... A man discovers his wife having an affair, takes up running to grapple with his emotions, and discovers everyone else on the road is a cuckold too.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Doyle is the editor of \u003ci\u003ePortland Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e at the University of Portland, in Oregon--the best university magazine in America, according to \u003ci\u003eNewsweek, \u003c\/i\u003e and \"the best spiritual magazine in the country,\" according to Annie Dillard. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoyle is the author of ten previous books: five collections of essays, two nonfiction books (\u003ci\u003eThe Grail\u003c\/i\u003e, about a year in an Oregon vineyard, and \u003ci\u003eThe Wet Engine\u003c\/i\u003e, about the \"muddles \u0026amp; musics of the heart\"), two collections of short prose, and the sprawling novel \u003ci\u003eMink River\u003c\/i\u003e, which \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e called an \"original, postmodern, shimmering tapestry of smalltown life.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoyle is a four-time finalist for the Oregon Book Award, and his essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrion, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, and in newspapers and magazines around the world. His essays have also been reprinted in the annual \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eB\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eest American Science \u0026amp; Nature Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest American Spiritual Writing\u003c\/i\u003e anthologies. Among various honors for his work are a Catholic Book Award, two Pushcart Prizes, and a 2008 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe once made the all-star team in a Boston men's basketball league, and that was a \u003ci\u003ereally tough league\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives near Portland, Oregon with his wife and children. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760437199136,"sku":"9781597099158","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c07480d27f82356e78d9fcbdd6b2ec37.webp?v=1780179898","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bin-ladens-bald-spot-other-stories-other-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}