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In Tender as Hellfire, first-time novelist Joe Meno limns a near-fantastical world of trailer park floozies, broken-down '76 Impalas, lost glass eyes, and the daily experiences of two boys trying to make sense out of their random, sharp lives. Dough and Pill are brothers bound by more than blood. The anguish of their past, the terror of their present, and the uncertainty of their future all underscore the only truth that is within their grasp: Each other. For beneath the cruel surface of their trailer park community lies a menagerie of odd characters, each one strange yet somehow beautiful. There's Val, the blowsy bottle blonde who shows surprising maternal instincts when the boys need it most. And El Ray del Perdito, the "Undisputed King of the Tango," a widow who dances nightly imagining his wife in his arms, as Dough peers through the window contemplating a love that seems not to die. In Tender as Hellfire it is the unexpected beauty that means the most, and this important literary debut provides all the beauty and pain that we can bear.
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"[Tender as Hellfire] features some of the liveliest characters...that one is apt to meet in a contemporary novel. Vividly described...Meno's passionate new voice makes him a writer to watch." --Publishers Weekly
"Extremely vivid...Any number of novels have been written about unhappy childhoods and bizarre families, but this one surpasses many." --Kirkus Reviews
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Joe Meno has been described as “an interesting case: a punk/noir stylist who can intimate something more rarefied, poetic, and universal” (Elle Magazine). Meno is the author of four novels, The Boy Detective Fails (Akashic/Punk Planet 2006), Tender as Hel
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- PublisherSt. Martin's Press
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 031220051X
- ISBN 13 9780312200510
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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