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Asthmatica

by (author) Jon Paul Fiorentino

Publisher
Insomniac Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2015
Category
Humorous
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781554831562
    Publish Date
    Nov 2015
    List Price
    $19.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781894663861
    Publish Date
    Apr 2005
    List Price
    $21.95

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First released in 2005, Asthmatica is the first collection of comedic fiction from Jon Paul?Fiorentino. The stories within are edgy, eccentric, and hilarious: a young man finds true love in a household appliance; a wise aunt teaches her nephew how to drive drunk; two juvenile delinquents stalk the milkman; an angst-ridden asthmatic makes an urgent plea to be your alpha male. Now in a brand new format, this special ten-year anniversary edition features brand new art by Aneka Smith, a critical introduction by Susan Holbrook, and a guarantee of 30% less typos by Jon Paul Fiorentino!

About the author

Jon Paul Fiorentino
Jon Paul Fiorentino’s first novel is Stripmalling (ECW, 2009). His most recent book of poetry is The Theory of the Loser Class (Coach House Books, 2006). He is the author of the poetry book Hello Serotonin (Coach House Books, 2004) and the humour book Asthmatica (Insomniac Press, 2005). His most recent editorial projects are the anthologies Career Suicide! Contemporary Literary Humour (DC Books, 2003) and Post-Prairie — a collaborative effort with Robert Kroetsch, (Talonbooks, 2005).

Robert Kroetsch
Robert Kroetsch is a Canadian novelist, poet, and non-fiction writer. In his novel, The Words of My Roaring (1966), he began to use the tall tale rhetoric of prairie taverns. Both The Studhorse Man (1969), which won the Governor General’s Award, and Gone Indian (1973) call the conventions of realistic fiction hilariously into question.

In 2004, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

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