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Follow four friends as they move from The Brady Bunch to Seinfeld, from junior high to middle management. There is Quint, whose rebellion frays into self-destruction; Slow, who struggles to become the world's first teenage father figure; Chimes, who fears losing his friends while picking up a 7-10 split; and Barb who escapes the conformity of Minnisapa only to find herself returning by dark of night.

About the author

Kevin Fenton lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and works as an advertising writer and creative director. His fiction has appeared in the Northwest Review, the Laurel Review, and the Emprise Review. His writing on graphic design has been anthologized in Looking Closer 2: Critical Writing On Graphic Design and Emigre No. 70: The Look Back Issue. He holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Minnesota and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Fenton
• Publisher: New Issues Poetry And Prose
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2011
• EAN: 9781930974951
• ISBN: 978-1-930974-95-1
• No. of pages: 233
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 209 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 422 g
• Series: New Issues Poetry & Prose; New Issues Poetry & Prose
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature