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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Mark Anthony Jarman's
Knife Party at the Hotel Europa is an incendiary performance by a master storyteller. His prose is pyrotechnic bliss, the epitome of cool — adroit, eloquent, witty, hallucinatory, and sexy. He sets his stories in Rome, the blast zone of contemporary Europe, a glittering polyglot echo chamber of voices, packed with gypsies, druggies, expats, refugees, and tourists — something like
A Room with a View meets
Naked Lunch." -- Douglas Glover, author of
Savage Love"In
Knife Party at the Hotel Europa, love gone awry collides with Italy. From the warm, embracing glow of Rome's walls to a beach party on the wrong side of a military base, a broken heart is no match for Jarman's prose, which flies from all sides like jets in a dogfight, riotous and stunningly talented." -- Eden Robinson, author of
Monkey Beach and
Blood Sports"This is the work of a short-story master in full control of his work: tone, voice, audience are all in hand. These stories are very much like musical variations on a theme. What if the violin line leads? What changes when the oboe takes charge? The answer? Everything. Bittersweet and beautiful.
Knife Party at the Hotel Europa is a jewel of a collection. If it doesn't change you, your heart is too hard." -- Russell Wangersky, author of
Walt"Nothing, no description, no summary can prepare you for the book itself. ...
Knife Party at Hotel Europa is fierce and beautiful, one of the most stunning books I’ve read in a long time." -- Robert J. Wiersema *
Vancouver Sun *
