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Big time : stories / Jen Spyra.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Random House, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 301 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781984855268
  • 1984855263
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Bridal body -- First influencer -- Snowman -- Dinner at eight -- Birthday girl -- My dearest Caroline -- Adventure of the mistaken right swipe -- Monster goo -- One thousand and one nights -- First kid, second kid -- The boyfriend identity -- The secret meeting of the women's club -- The tale of Mr. Mittlebury, Millennial pig -- Big time.
Summary: "Jen Spyra has worked in nearly every kind of comedy there is: penning stories for The Onion, writing skits and one-liners for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, contributing pieces to The New Yorker and McSweeney's, and taking the stage for improv at UCB Theater in Manhattan. Her incredible range is on display in this uproarious, addictive collection of short stories that include a twisted exchange between a wealthy New York woman and the child she is sponsoring in Ecuador, a disturbingly hilarious tale about just how far one woman will go to achieve the perfect wedding body, a civil war soldier's far-too-forthcoming letters home, and a reimagining of a Christmas classic in which the snowman who comes to life turns out to be a real pervert"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction SPYRA, JEN Available 33111010492094
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The debut collection of raucous, dark, strange, satirical stories from the former Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer and New Yorker contributor, featuring a foreword by Stephen Colbert

"Jen Spyra's stories are shocking, silly, smart, and absurdly funny . Underline both those words, I don't care how much it costs!"-Tina Fey

A bride so desperate to get in shape for her wedding that she enrolls in a new kind of workout program that promises the moon but costs more than she bargained for. A snowman who, on the wish of a child, comes to life in a decidedly less savory way than in the childhood classic. And in the title story, a time-hopping 1940s starlet tries to claw her way to the top in modern-day Hollywood, despite being ridiculously unwoke.

In this uproarious, addictive debut, Jen Spyra takes a culture that seems almost beyond parody and holds it up to a funhouse mirror, immersing the reader in a world of prehistoric influencers, woodland creatures plagued by millennial neuroses, and an all-out birthday bash determined to be the most lavish celebration of all time, by any means necessary.

Welcome, brave soul, to the world of Jen Spyra.

"Jen Spyra has worked in nearly every kind of comedy there is: penning stories for The Onion, writing skits and one-liners for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, contributing pieces to The New Yorker and McSweeney's, and taking the stage for improv at UCB Theater in Manhattan. Her incredible range is on display in this uproarious, addictive collection of short stories that include a twisted exchange between a wealthy New York woman and the child she is sponsoring in Ecuador, a disturbingly hilarious tale about just how far one woman will go to achieve the perfect wedding body, a civil war soldier's far-too-forthcoming letters home, and a reimagining of a Christmas classic in which the snowman who comes to life turns out to be a real pervert"-- Provided by publisher.

Bridal body -- First influencer -- Snowman -- Dinner at eight -- Birthday girl -- My dearest Caroline -- Adventure of the mistaken right swipe -- Monster goo -- One thousand and one nights -- First kid, second kid -- The boyfriend identity -- The secret meeting of the women's club -- The tale of Mr. Mittlebury, Millennial pig -- Big time.

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