My Life in Heavy Metal: Stories
Grove/Atlantic, April 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Item #348438
ISBN: 0802116302
Steve Almond's collection My Life in Heavy Metal features twelve powerful stories that take a clear-eyed view of relationships between young men and women who have come of age in an era without innocence. In the title story, an El Paso newspaper clerk assigned to review the heavy metal bands that play the local arenas is drawn in by the primal music, which fuels a torrid affair with a Chicana woman that will change him forever. In "Greek Player, Love Slayer, " a thirty-three-year-old woman harbors a secret, desperate crush on the young computer repairman in her office -- until her ardor is unleashed at an after-work party, with unexpected consequences. In "Valentino, " two teenagers spending their last summer together before heading off to college experience a sexual awakening inspired by the legend of a long-dead movie star.By turns tender and raw, visceral and otherworldly, the stories of My Life in Heavy Metal capture the moments when the fires of passion burn over and subside into embers of pain and longing. It is a dazzling debut by an exciting and vibrant new voice in American fiction.
First printing; Inscribed by author at tipped-in page; Sound binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket Very Good w/ no significant flaws to disclose; An excellent copy.
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