Jason Chambers: I’m glad to be finally having this discussion, guys. I’ve had a hard time in the last few weeks trying to avoid detailed reviews of Andre Dubus III’s The Garden of Last Days, while still needing to gauge the general reception of the heavily anticipated novel. I didn’t want anything I read to influence my interpretation of the book until we got our thoughts in print.
The action occurs in the last few days before 9/11 with the coincidental interaction of the main characters in and around a Florida strip club. Because her usual babysitter
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Jason Chambers: A month or so back we had the good fortune to review Jonathan Evison’s first novel, All About Lulu, a coming of age story about a boy in love with his stepsister. We are now lucky once again, as he has permitted us to publish and comment on two of his short stories. The first, Accepting the Charges, was previously published at Orchid, and appears below followed by a short commentary. The second story, Rollie vs. Them, is previously unpublished — a Three Guys debut, if you will — and will appear here early next week. Wait with bated breath for
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Jason Chambers: As you may know, Narrative Magazine recently announced the three winners of their Love Story Competition. As something of a departure, the Three Guys decided that we would take a look at the winning stories, with each Guy reviewing one. After all who could know more about love than the Three Guys? We’ve also linked to the stories below each review. Be sure to check them out. JR’s up first…
Conversations You Have at Twenty – Maud Newton –
Narrative Magazine Love Story Second Place
Jason Rice: Maud Newton has been a vital force in the
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“One Play’ originally appeared in Willow Springs.
Jason Rice: Being a Red Sox fan, although not die-hard, I immediately sensed something strange coming from this story about the fictional life of the legendary Bill Buckner. The goat of the 1986 World Series against the Mets, who let the ball go through his legs stopping him from recording the final out in what would have been the first World Series Win for the Boston Red Sox in many years. The legend of this game is something that is passed from one baseball fan to another, sometimes with great pain, other times with a laugh and slap on the back. Mr. Currie clearly isn’t a person I’d want to talk to about this historic
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City of Thieves arrived just as we were launching Three Guys One Book, so it wasn’t possible for us to discuss it. In the parallel universe where I write as Frank Bascombe for Ain’t it Cool News, I reviewed it. You can also find my interview with the author in the blog archive section. This book is really starting to sell, so we thought the moment was right for this.
-Jason Rice
You’ll probably recognize this author from his screenplays, ‘Troy’, ‘Stay’, ‘X-Men Origins; Wolverine’, and the amazing ‘25th Hour’ which he adapted from his own novel. I discovered Benioff when
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