Full name: Spoiled Brats: Stories

Author: Simon Rich Year: 2014 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Short Stories, Fiction, Humor Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780316368629 9780316368650 0316368628 0316368652

In his collection SPOILED BRATS, Simon Rich takes his absurd, culture-skewering style to new heights, marrying the literary polish of writers like Karen Russell and George Saunders with the humor of Steve Martin to deliver truly dazzling tales. SPOILED BRATS is about the battles we fight with the ones who love us most: our parents. In "Family Business," a young chimpanzee offends his working class father by choosing to become a research animal instead of joining the family grub-hunting business. In "Proud Mom," a young mother is so besotted she doesn't realize her child is actually, truly a monster. And in "Animals," the fate of a terrified classroom hamster hangs in the balance when a notorious kid is picked for hamster care duty. Similar books: American Housewife by Helen Ellis Barcelona Plates by Alexei Sayle Jenny and the Jaws of Life by Jincy Willett The Best of Saki by Hector H. Munro Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by Kathleen Collins Bobcat and Other Stories by Rebecca Lee Barbara the Slut by Lauren Holmes What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us by Laura van den Berg Emporium by Adam Johnson The Dog Catcher by Alexei Sayle One More Thing by B. J. Novak A Kind of Flying by Ron Carlson The Isle of Youth by Laura van den Berg Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing by Lydia Peelle The Last Girlfriend on Earth by Simon Rich Free-Range Chickens by Simon Rich The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories by Jean Shepherd In God We Trust by Jean Shepherd