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OverviewFive thousand years out of the Labyrinth, the Minotaur finds himself in the American South, living in a trailer park and working as a line cook at a steakhouse. No longer a devourer of human flesh, the Minotaur is a socially inept, lonely creature with very human needs. But over a two-week period, as his life dissolves into chaos, this broken and alienated immortal awakens to the possibility for happiness and to the capacity for love. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Steven SherrillPublisher: St Martin's Press Imprint: St Martin's Press Dimensions: Width: 14.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9780312308926ISBN 10: 0312308922 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 09 November 2002 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews[A] brilliant imagination...Every page is a delight worth savoring for a millennium or two. -- USA Today <br><br> One of the most original and oddly moving novels in some time...funny, touching, haunting...If you don't fall under the spell of Sherrill's Minotaur, so human in his needs and longings, you probably should be tossed in the labyrinth yourself. --The Charlotte Observer<br> Darkly intelligent and sometimes dazzling. The Minotaur is a complex and sympathetic creation, conspicuous yet socially invisible. What's more, he's here to stay. -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution <br><br> [A] comic, bittersweet first novel...Sherrill reveals himself as that most endangered of literary species, a crafty, talented novelist who's not afraid to show his heart. -- Chicago Tribune <br><br> [Sherrill] can make images luminesce with the reflected light of language. -- San Diego Union-Tribune <br> [A] brilliant imagination...Every page is a delight worth savoring for a millennium or two. -- USA Today <br> One of the most original and oddly moving novels in some time...funny, touching, haunting...If you don' t fall under the spell of Sherrill' s Minotaur, so human in his needs and longings, you probably should be tossed in the labyrinth yourself. -- The Charlotte Observer<br> Darkly intelligent and sometimes dazzling. The Minotaur is a complex and sympathetic creation, conspicuous yet socially invisible. What' s more, he' s here to stay. -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution <br> [A] comic, bittersweet first novel...Sherrill reveals himself as that most endangered of literary species, a crafty, talented novelist who' s not afraid to show his heart. -- Chicago Tribune <br> [Sherrill] can make images luminesce with the reflected light of language. -- San Diego Union-Tribune <br> [A] brilliant imagination...Every page is a delight worth savoring for a millennium or two. --USA Today One of the most original and oddly moving novels in some time...funny, touching, haunting...If you don't fall under the spell of Sherrill's Minotaur, so human in his needs and longings, you probably should be tossed in the labyrinth yourself. --The Charlotte Observer Darkly intelligent and sometimes dazzling. The Minotaur is a complex and sympathetic creation, conspicuous yet socially invisible. What's more, he's here to stay. --Atlanta Journal-Constitution [A] comic, bittersweet first novel...Sherrill reveals himself as that most endangered of literary species, a crafty, talented novelist who's not afraid to show his heart. --Chicago Tribune [Sherrill] can make images luminesce with the reflected light of language. --San Diego Union-Tribune Author InformationSteven Sherrill is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and holds an M.F.A. in poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. The recipient of a Lila Wallace/ Reader's Digest Fellowship, his poems and stories have appeared in Best American Poetry, Kenyon Review, and Georgia Review. He lives in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |