000353180 000__ 01918cam\a2200313\a\4500 000353180 001__ 353180 000353180 005__ 20210513130255.0 000353180 008__ 091005s2009\\\\nyu\\\\\\\\\\\000\1\eng\d 000353180 010__ $$a 2009280887 000353180 020__ $$a9780061579028 (pbk.) 000353180 020__ $$a0061579025 (pbk.) 000353180 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn232978254 000353180 035__ $$a353180 000353180 040__ $$aBTCTA$$cBTCTA$$dDLC$$dBAKER$$dYDXCP$$dIHE$$dMR0$$dIK2$$dBWX$$dGZM$$dCDX$$dIAY$$dIXA$$dKYL$$dVRC$$dVUE$$dOCLCQ 000353180 042__ $$alccopycat 000353180 049__ $$aISEA 000353180 05000 $$aPS3623.I58546$$bT86 2009 000353180 08204 $$a813.6$$222 000353180 1001_ $$aWilson, Kevin,$$d1978- 000353180 24510 $$aTunneling to the center of the earth :$$bstories /$$cKevin Wilson. 000353180 250__ $$a1st ed. 000353180 260__ $$aNew York :$$bHarper Perennial,$$cc2009. 000353180 300__ $$a208, 16 p. ;$$c21 cm. 000353180 500__ $$a"An Ecco book"--T.p. 000353180 500__ $$aIncludes "P. S. insights, interviews & more..."--Cover. 000353180 50500 $$tGrand stand-in --$$tBlowing up on the spot --$$tThe dead sister handbook: a guide for sensitive boys --$$tBirds in the house --$$tMortal kombat --$$tTunneling to the center of the earth --$$tThe shooting man --$$tThe choir director affair (the baby's teeth) --$$tGo, fight, win --$$tThe museum of whatnot --$$tWorst-case scenario. 000353180 5200_ $$aKevin Wilson's characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly between the real and the imagined, the mundane and the fantastic. "Grand Stand-In" is narrated by an employee of a Nuclear Family Supplemental Provider -- a company that supplies "stand-ins" for families with deceased, ill, or just plain mean grandparents. And in "Blowing Up On the Spot," a young woman works sorting tiles at a Scrabble factory after her parents have spontaneously combusted. Southern gothic at its best, laced with humor and pathos, these wonderfully inventive stories explore the relationship between loss and death and the many ways we try to cope with both. 000353180 650_0 $$aShort stories. 000353180 655_7 $$aShort stories.$$2gsafd 000353180 85200 $$bgen$$hPS3623.I58546$$iT86$$i2009 000353180 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:353180$$pGLOBAL_SET 000353180 980__ $$aBIB 000353180 980__ $$aBOOK