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Absurdist writer Jon Konrath returns with another collection of hilarious and demented flash fiction. Descend into a manic world of Kafkaesque insanity and paranoia including FDA drone strikes against weight-loss clinics, amputee porn, a celebrity kickboxing match between Yo Yo Ma and Manuel Noriega, and hobby shop exorcisms. The author of the cult classic Rumored to Exist continues his surreal nonlinear journey through a nightmarish terrain of Jeff Spicoli-themed restaurants, indian casino abortion clinics, and an apocalyptic landscape laced with insane humor and nonstop non sequitur references to pop culture, medical technology, military machinery, and extreme heavy metal. This collection of 26 short stories and flash fiction pieces explores the human element through deranged comedy in what demonstrates Konrath's bizarre style of experimental writing.
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Since I can only be myself no matter how hard I try to be someone else, I must say what I feel and let it ooze forth like the froth that runneth over from Cujo's lips. What I might say could be just as toxic, but at least when my bite actually connects, you will no longer have to fear, just accept.
I don't know where the hell that came from, just like I can't begin to imagine where Mr. Konrath pulled some of the innovative stories that are within the pages of this book out from. I felt like I needed to be high to 'get' some of them.
"If John Travolta can fly, so can we."
3.5 stars
Or maybe my mind hasn't transcended enough to step past bizarro and enter experimental land.
From a boy who has his future told to a carpet-wearing Chewbacca's, the stories in Thunderbird are weirdly absurd, yet somehow entertaining. Your reasoning, as well as Konrath's, will be questioned.
Read at your own risk!
*I was given a copy in exchange for an honest review*
Where did this dude come from?
Just the titles are jaw-dropping "The Long John Silver Vinegar Douche Abortion Attempt Situation," "Bearded Women Sh****** on Glass Tables Is Sort of My Thing," "Vehicular Handj**s and Pirate Hooks," "Fratboy Brad and the Clamato Aquarium of Doom."
From that you should know whether this book is for you.
Each story is from a first-person perspective--the narrator being some version of the author. The effect is that this reads more like a novel, except without a plot and only one character instead of a cast of characters. Nevertheless, the result is remarkably cohesive, each story a gallon of gonzo, fever dream insanity inside of a Sizzler's buffet of obscure American cultural references.
It's hard to put my finger on why this book is so damn good, but I think part of it is the details Konrath mines. Check out the opening line to "The Manuel Noriega/Yo Yo Ma UFC Matchup" "I was playing miniature golf with Diane Keaton and Kim Jong Il in a Dubai Montgomery Ward store and we stopped to eat a sheet cake off the a** of Orson Welles, meticulously decorated by a Kroger cashier to say 'Shove it up your c***/you are so dumb' in thick gel frosting letters."
YEEESSSSS!
Soon as I finished Thunderbird I wanted to re-read it. Instead I went out and got another collection of his short stories, Fistful of Pizza, which was every bit as good.
I'm addicted to Konrath's wild writing at this point so there was no way I wasn't going to immediately order this book as soon as I heard it was on sale. Konrath definitely delivers on the wildness in this one as well. There's just something about his ability to blend absolute absurdity in and out of the fabric of normalcy that really does it for me as a reader, and he does so with some really engaging energy. Mixing profane with the mundane, reasonableness with insanity, there's just a lot of fun to be had in this collection. On a more specific note, I would definitely recommend the print version. The bonus story "The Zombies of Kilimanjaro" (included in the print but not the electronic version) is both true to the spirit of the original Hemingway short story and startlingly fresh. You won't want to miss it.
I think it's pretty safe to say that Jon Konrath is a genius.
These are flash fiction stories that meander in the same sort of brain-space that is usually reserved for soapbox preachers or the schizophrenic. Suffice it to say, Konrath has somehow figured out a way to wrangle that sort of rambling insanity, repurpose it, repackage it and then deliver it up in a bite-sized morsel that both satiates and leaves you wanting more. As a reader, I am thoroughly entertained. As a writer, I'm inspired. Maybe even a little jealous. The satire and humor of the stories in this collection are so plentiful and so rapid-fire that I went back and read a few of them twice, just to make sure I didn't miss a single deviant pun.
I'm going to say this - the titles of the stories in Thunderbird alone are pretty much worth the price of admission. Far more interesting than the beguiling and minimalist cover would imply. There's at least 20 or so pieces of flash in here, with titles like [REDACTED - AMAZON WON'T PUBLISH THIS REVIEW IF I LIST THE TITLES HERE. BECAUSE OF NAUGHTY WORDS. JUST LOOK IN THE 'PREVIEW' FOR THE BOOK IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT] just to name a few. But the titles aren't just there for a cheap yuck. They manage to keep these stories from rolling off the rail - sort of like blazing a trail in front of you while you stumble along and look at all the pretty colors. This is because the stories of Thunderbird are somewhat experimental in their narratives, not necessarily falling into your prototypical beginning/middle/end formula. Style-wise, it harkens back to something you'd maybe read by Mark Leyner, except Konrath is much more acerbic and cynical. And since the stories in Thunderbird are flash, they don't ramble aimlessly like Leyner does and instead ramble like Saturn's rings around whatever manic-depressive point Jon Konrath is attempting to make.
All said and done, this was a highly enjoyable read. Not a dud in the bunch. If you're into sharp satire, absurdist humor and tangential epiphanies, then all you have to do is say the word
THUNDERBIRD!
That is all
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