Klosterman’s stories gleefully skewer contemporary human behavior with the sharpest metaphorical sticks he can find. He isn't prone to definitive conclusions, but Klosterman thrives within the auspices of the unknown, making this collection a worthy addition to his peculiar and impressive legacy.” - Shelf Awareness, starred review
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“A series of fictional frameworks through which Klosterman is able to examine the madness and minutiae of everyday lives. No one looks at the world quite like Chuck Klosterman does for him to turn that vision in a slightly different direction is a welcome change.” - The Maine Edge Raised in Captivity is a fun, fast-moving collection of quick hits. “ Raised in Captivity is as funny, thoughtful, and unhinged as it is slightly uncomfortable to read, and if that isn't the ethos of the current pop culture moment, what is?” - Wired Raised in Captivity combines social criticism with pop culture commentary and is highly recommended.” -Associated Press Then it’s on to the next one before the fizz from the first stops tingling in your brain. This is Chuck Klosterman at his best. Five to seven minutes later, you’re laughing or looking under your bed. “Most of these stories suck you in right away with a perfect opening sentence. An engagingly sardonic collection." - The Washington Post It’s a quick-draw approach that plays to his strengths as a stylist and comic. As soon as one’s adjusted to latest 'Twilight Zone,' he's already taken it to its pithy conclusion. " Raised in Captivity is a short-order short story collection, a series of skits cooked up for the here and now.
Consider these stories the products of the kind of specific, unexpectedly divergent conversations that can come up between old friends as the hours grow late.” - Los Angeles Times “This is the kind of strange, sharply detailed and often slyly funny examination of cultural behavior and norms does unlike anyone else. It feels like a replication of the fractured way we are forced, in the age of technology, to mediate reality and attempt to understand the world around us.” - TIME The effect of these almost scrollable-length stories is at once familiar and uncanny. “Extends trademark curiosity and whirring intelligence to the realm of fiction. Ceaselessly inventive, hostile to corniness in all its forms, and mean only to the things that really deserve it, it marks a cosmic leap forward for one of our most consistently interesting writers. Funny, wise and weird in equal measure, Raised in Captivity bids fair to be one of the most original and exciting story collections in recent memory, a fever graph of our deepest unvoiced hopes, fears and preoccupations. If Saul Steinberg and Italo Calvino had adopted a child from a Romanian orphanage and raised him on Gary Larsen and Thomas Bernhard, he would still be nothing like Chuck Klosterman. A lawyer grapples with the unintended side effects of a veterinarian's rabies vaccination.įair warning: Raised in Captivity does not slot into a smooth preexisting groove. A man sees a whale struck by lightning, and knows that everything about his life has to change. A man is recruited to join a secret government research team investigating why coin flips are no longer exactly 50/50.
A woman interviews a hit man about killing her husband but is shocked by the method he proposes. A couple considers getting a medical procedure that will transfer the pain of childbirth from the woman to her husband. An obscure power pop band wrestles with its new-found fame when its song "Blizzard of Summer" becomes an anthem for white supremacists. A college professor discusses with his friend his difficulties with the new generation of students. A man explains to the police why he told the employee of his local bodega that his colleague looked like the lead singer of Depeche Mode, a statement that may or may not have led in some way to a violent crime. A new coach of a small-town Oklahoma high school football team installs an offense comprised of only one, very special, play. Microdoses of the straight dope, stories so true they had to be wrapped in fiction for our own protection, from the best-selling author of But What if We're Wrong?Ī man flying first class discovers a puma in the lavatory.
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