Need
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.84 (578 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1896332102 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 139 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Thomson delves incisively into the varieties of need we experience - sometimes through emotional fireworks, but more often in the personal, quiet, sometimes funny, and painful details of daily life. Written with immediacy, grace and wit, the 16 stories in this collection can be held up like mirrors to our emotional selves.. Robert Thomson's second collection of short, gay-themed stories marks his growth as an observer with a pen
A worthwhile investment for the short story enthusiast Need is a primal desire, overwhelming a simple craving. "Need" is a collection of short stories from Robert Thomson exploring the concept of need and how it drives people to do things they say they never would do. Honest and candid, these stories explore the frankness of human nature and are highly entertaining. "Need" is a worthwhile investment for the short story enthusiast
He has a knack for hooking the reader into the text almost immediately. Highly recommended. Mr. --XtraThere is an immediacy to Thomson's writing, a sense that he is capturing the fleeting thoughts which comprise the texture of day-to-day life. Thomson's energetic writing style and succinct format combine to create wonderful glimpses into the personal peccadilloes of anyone's life, gay or otherwise. In the opening tale, and amateur drag artist realizes he's been torn for years between the squeaky-clean passions of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music and his deeper attraction to the imagery of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The voices of his characters are cacophonic, diverse, made coherent and unified by the common denominator of the author's guiding hand. Thomson's queer credentials are solid--his stories have appeared in the anthologies Queer View Mirror and Brothers of the Night--but