Rick DeMarinis

• 1977
• / General Fiction
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• Jan-1978
• / Literary
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• Sep-1987
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1988
• / General Fiction
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This surrealistic Black comedy centers around a household in the town of Far Cry, whose members include Jack, a confused teenager; La Donna, Jack's sexy, brilliant, Einstein-adoring sister; and Jade, his sensous, exotic-looking mother...

• Jul-1988
• / General Fiction
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• Aug-1989
• / General Fiction
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Now in paperback, The Year of the Zinc Penny is a contemporary classic. Trygve Soren Napoli is a ten-year-old just beginning to realize that he is alone in the world. Certain inescapable quirks tip him off: He cannot stop himself from repeating aloud...

• May-1991
• / General Fiction
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Rick DeMarinis possesses a power and an originality unique in contemporary American fiction. The Coming Triumph of the Free World, his second story collection, puts his flamboyant gifts on display: an amazing verbal energy, a blackly comic vision of ...

• May-1991
• / General Fiction
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Nearly every page in this wonderful collection of stories offers a revelation about some aspect of human experience, often hilariously funny or, simply, brilliantly observed. In most of these 15 stories, DeMarinis ( The Year of the Zinc Penny ; Under...

• Aug-1994
• / General Fiction
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• Mar-2001
• / Mystery
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Hard-drinking "trash" novelist Guido Tarkenen takes a position as a visiting writer in the English department of politically correct La Siberia Tech, where he is drawn into the fray as faculty members start to die amidst rumors of a buyout....

• Dec-2008
• / Psychological Suspense
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The Art & Craft of the Short Story explores every key element of short fiction, including story structure and form; creative and believable characters; how to begin and where to end; and the generation of ideas; as well as technical aspects such ...

• Nov-2010
• / Literary
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Gus Reppo's parents have everything figured out for their son, right down to the county where they hope he'll practice dentistry. And when they follow him to the air force base where he enlists -- who else will make sure he's served adequate meals? -...

• Jan-2011
• / General Fiction
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Despite the world’s insecurities, the most common drama of all is not of apocalypse now, but of apocalypse deferred; the pain of living is having to wait it out. In Apocalypse Then, DeMarinis’s characters try alcohol, they try travel, and (most o...

• Sep-2015
• / Mystery
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Illegal immigration and drug smuggling, corporate polluters and tragic affairs of the heart. On the border country between Mexico and the United States, literature can barely keep up with the bad news. An exception is the new novel from Rick DeMarini...