The book club discusses Postcards from a Dead Girl (Harper Perennial, 2010, 272 pp., pbk., reg. $13.99; sale $12.59) by Kirk Farber on Thursday, July 15, 2010.
“Kirk Farber has a style very similar to Chuck Palahniuk, with offbeat observations, a view of our world through a slightly distorted lens, and a tone that’s … hilarious and tragic at the same time.”
—Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain
Sid is going crazy . . .
A telemarketer at a travel agency, Sid is becoming unhinged and superneurotic. Lately he’s been obsessed with car washes and mud baths. His hypochondria is driving his doctor sister mad. And it’s all because of his ex-girlfriend, Zoe, who’s sending him postcards from her European adventure, one that they were supposed to take together. It’s all quite upsetting.
A fact-finding tour of local post offices—and a new friendship with postman Gerald—followed by a solo European jaunt will do little to ease his anxiety. A long talk with his mother’s spirit in a wine bottle doesn’t help either. But what he really needs are a few more tentative dates with the chatty Candyce. Sid needs to get over Zoe and find love again—even though Zoe, apparently, has no inclination to be gotten over.
Wonderfully poignant, funny, odd, and more than a bit macabre, Postcards from a Dead Girl marks the emergence of a truly gifted and original literary voice.
Kirk Farber lives with his family in Colorado, where he writes and works at a library with a lovely mountain view.
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The Spiritual Book Club meets Thursday, June 10th at 7:00 p.m. to discuss the phenomenal bestseller The Shack (Windblown Media , 2007, 256 pp., pbk, reg. $14.99; sale $13.49) by William P. Young, which has been praised by both Christians and non-Christians.
The Monthly Book Club meets on Thursday, May 20th at 7:00 P.M.
