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Original Title:	Big Bad Love
ISBN:	0679734910 (ISBN13: 9780679734918)
Edition Language:	English

Big Bad Love

Larry Brown

Paperback | Pages: 228 pages

Rating: 4.12 | 2009 Users | 124 Reviews

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Title	:	Big Bad Love
Author	:	Larry Brown
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 228 pages
Published	:	October 1st 1991 by Vintage (first published September 30th 1990)
Categories	:	Short Stories. Fiction. American. Southern. Gothic. Southern Gothic

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The whole world seemed to be trying to be decent, and I seemed an indecent thing in it.*


This one was recommended to me by my pal John, who described it as "... a two evening read filled with social misfits." Though I spend most of my evenings surrounded by social misfits, I decided to give a read anyway. I'm fairly glad I did, as the book provides an excellent glimpse into what your friends, neighbors, and maybe even some of your relatives, might be getting up to behind closed doors.

Most of the stories concern basically decent men who've been kicked around by life. These are men who stay too long at the bar and find every reason why they not only need to, but deserve to cheat on their wives. Sometimes, their wives have had enough of it and have kicked the sorry sons of bitches out on their lazy asses. Yeah, we should hate these fellows, but more often than not, they are too pitiful to scorn. I credit Brown's writing talents for making the weasels tolerable.

A few of the tales are about struggling writers. In Acceptance, the quality of one man's sex life depends on whether or not he "likes" his wife's latest literary efforts. The last story, more of a novella really, is about a recently divorced man waiting for word on the short stories he has sent to publishers. Will the mail bring a big envelope containing a rejected story or will it be a letter of acceptance? And the funniest story, Discipline, is the document of a writer incarcerated for plagiarism who recounts weird, ungodly tales about torture and involuntary sex with obese women:

Why did you think they weren't going to take you out and torture you? Were you friendly with any of the guards?

No. Certainly not. They were all former editors. That was one of the requirements.

Oh, Larry must have really enjoyed writing that one. Sticks and stones may break bones, but sticking it to an editor is a writer's best revenge.





* from 92 Days

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Given to me by my son for Christmas, I was so eager to read this Southern author, as I'd read his book, Fay, in the late 90's, for book club. He's a rough 'n tumble guy, with lots of crass depictions and words: I have been teased by my book club ever since I recommended, and we read, Fay. This book of short stories apparently is reflective of many Southern men (how much of this is autobiographical, one wonders?) who have a penchant for hard drinking, fast women, fast sex, divorce, and pick up

In these loosely connected stories of masculinity gone awry, Brown introduces a variety of guy-types who perpetually miss opportunities to straighten up their lives. With booze and women being the two Achilles heels of our misfit heroes, they manage to skate by most times in the name of survival. I found myself shaking my head when they made destructive choices, and surprised that they didn't suffer more dire circumstances for their selfish actions. However, this may be the crux of what makes

Big Bad Love: Larry Brown Looks at Love and Other ThingsComplete review to follow. There's a lot to reckon on with this collection of short stories.

A reminder here that 2 stars is "it was OK". Southern fried Bukowski - which, for me, is not a good thing. Same kind of cult following, who seem to believe that being drunk imparts a wisdom of some sort. I suspect that his novels are better, since he has to do a bit more in 300 pp than get his narrator drunk on beer. I don't remember, can you really get that drunk on beer? My favorite was "Old Soldiers", which showed a glimmer of empathy and hope. "Discipline" would have been thrown out of

I won this book in a breakup-letter-writing contest. It's signed, in pencil. Who signs in pencil? Amateur! But ok, it might be good, and I have a nagging goal of reading the books I own. This one is at my parents' house... one of these days, I guess.

Damn, I love Larry Brown. I just can't get over him, and everytime I remember that he's died, I mourn that I'll soon run out of things of his to read. He somehow writes stories that are at once familiar and foreign. To be honest, the people he writes about are people I would have avoided in Mississippi. I fully admit my classism and snobbery here. And he doesn't make me want to go back and become friends with them. But he does make my heart break for them. Big Bad Love is a collection of

I love Larry Brown, and I loved these short stories. He manages to make us understand and feel sorry for the losers he writes about. They mean well and have good intentions, but they just need a beer to think straight, and then another one and another, and......These stories are funny and sad at the same time. Absolutely hilarious to the reader on the outside looking in, until you realize that there's something a little tragic in the telling.The last story in the collection "92" seemed a bit