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The Nimrod Flipout:

Stories (Google eBook)
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Macmillan, Apr 4, 2006 - Fiction - 176 pages
From Israel's most popular and acclaimed young writer--"Stories that are short, strange, funny, deceptively casual in tone and affect, stories that sound like a joke but aren't" (Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi)

Already featured on This American Life and Selected Shorts and in Zoetrope: All Story and L.A. Weekly, these short stories include a man who finds equal pleasure in his beautiful girlfriend and the fat, soccer-loving lout she turns into after dark; shrinking parents; a case of impotence cured by a pet terrier; and a pessimistic Middle Eastern talking fish. A bestseller in Israel, The Nimrod Flipout is an extraordinary collection from the preeminent Israeli writer of his generation.

  

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Very likely the best short story writer alive. - Goodreads
Microfiction from Israeli writer Etgar Keret. - Goodreads
Ironclad Rules (A "surprise ending" of sorts. - Goodreads

Review: The Nimrod Flipout: Stories

User Review  - MoonButterfly - Goodreads

This guy is brilliant and I will definitely be buying more of his books! I m not a huge fan of short stories but this collection demonstrates their power. Many stories are very short - some are only ... Read full review

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User Review  - Claire - Goodreads

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Contents

Fatso
The Nimrod Flipout
Shooting Tuvia
One Kiss on the Mouth in Mombasa
Your Man
Shriki
Eight Percent of Nothing
Pride and Joy
For Only 999 Inc Tax and Postage
Horsie
My Girlfriends Naked
Bottle
A Visit to the Cockpit
A Thought in the Shape of a Story
Gurs Theory of Boredom
The Tits on an EighteenYearOld

Surprise Egg
Dirt
Actually Ive Had Some Phenomenal Hardons Lately
More Life
Glittery Eyes
Teddy Trunk
Malffunction
Halibut
Bwoken
Baby
Ironclad Rules
A GoodLooking Couple
Angle
Himme
Copyright

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About the author (2006)

Etgar Keret is the author of three bestselling story collections, one novella, three graphic novels, and a children's book. His fiction has been translated into sixteen languages and has been the basis for more than forty short films (including the winner of an MTV prize). He lives and teaches in Tel Aviv.

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