The Dinner Party: And Other Stories
by Joshua Ferris
Buy on AmazonThe Dinner Party is a dark and delicious chocolate box of dysfunction – stories about inept, entitled, cruel or merely stupid men, often in failing relationships. In one, a sitcom writer flounders at a party. In another, a mover irritates his employer. These stories often start out mild and spiral out of control. With this collection, Joshua Ferris interrogates the demands and expectations of masculinity with black humor and a great instinct for timing.
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"The Dinner Party is a dark and delicious chocolate box of dysfunction – stories about inept, entitled, cruel or merely stupid men, often in failing relationships. In one, a sitcom writer flounders at a party. In another, a mover irritates his employer. These stories often start out mild and spiral out of control. With this collection, Joshua Ferris interrogates the demands and expectations of masculinity with black humor and a great instinct for timing."
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