Nobody writes about toothbrushes, dead mothers, divorce, retardation, bears, robots, tiny horses, fingernails, love, singing, Hitler, aliens, violence, loss, and rejection quite like Ben Slotky and nowhere does he do it better, funnier, hotter, and faster than in Red Hot Dogs, White Gravy, his insanely funny, pretty much all true first collection.  Part Raymond Carver, part rock song, part David Sedaris meets/makes out with Mark Leyner, part love story, part autobiography, Red Hot Dogs, White Gravy is funny, sad, and unlike anything you’re going to read, this or any other year.

Red Hot Dogs, White Gravy

Literature & Fiction

Slotky, Ben

Literary

Chiasmus Press

Widow and Orphan House

<p>Part romantic speedmetal opera, part autobiographical asphyxiation caper, part David Sedaris and Raymond Carver's pajama sleepover, Red Hot Dogs, White Gravy is where toothbrushes, robots, and tiny horses bear witness to divorce, plastic surgery, and a live studio audience in the ways that only Ben Slotky can deliver. These are stories not so much told as de-boned, deep fried, and spun in your favorite hot sauce. Stories not so much read as guzzled from a firehose. Stories not so much true as pretty much all true.</p>

<p>An Evening of Romantic Lovemaking is the tale of a would-be standup comedian/terrorist as he hilariously and heart-wrenchingly performs his last act in front of an audience who may or may not be there. Curtis White calls it “both the funniest and one of the saddest novels I’ve ever read” and “a work of comic genius. While comparisons to Gilbert Sorrentino, Mark Leyner, and Flann O’Brien will be made, Slotky’s voice is entirely his own and one you’ll not soon forget.”</p>

An Evening of Romantic Lovemaking (American Literature)

Humor & Satire

Dalkey Archive Press

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Red Hot Dogs, White Gravy

Red Hot Dogs, White Gravy

Red Hot Dogs, White Gravy

An Evening of Romantic Lovemaking (American Literature)