Title: sexing the short story
Review: a post-modern heir to philip roth, almond is hysterically lyrical and poignant in the sack; his sad sack academically inclined male protagonists just can't seem to tame their libido. hence, love/sex/coupling inevitably curdles. not all stories here are top-drawer (heavy metal, republicam, pale lover, ex.. are the cream of the crop.) almond is weakest, surprisingly so, at the end of his stories, as if to say, he is worn-out, post-coitally exhausted. the endings don't satisfy. nor are they checkovian. they hang, so to speak, limp.
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