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 Utterly brilliant. Hilariously demented and wonderfully succinct. David Gaffney’s Sawn-Off Tales are little McNuggets of pure gold. This is writing at its best. Graham Rawle Reality becomes dislocated and strange and words and phrases acquire a compelling importance in these sad, funny fables. They recall evanescent moments of connection and happiness. One hundred and fifty words by Gaffney are more worthwhile than novels by a good many others. Nicolas Clee, The Guardian Witty, clever and poignant Gaffney's micro fictions work as funny routines, moving insights and illuminating character sketches, often all at the same time Nicholas Royle, TimeOut Structured sublimely into three parts, 45 Revolutions per Minute, Twelve-inch Singles and Long-Players, Aromabingo gains momentum like an old L.P, with hiccups and stutters, moments of abject confusion, unusual clarity or remote, or unreal sadness. The Story Art Movement is one of the most honestly tender and evocative pieces of flash fiction I have read in ages. I could almost feel the female character’s hair brushing my own face as I read. Aromabingo is a triumph of the blurring of literary boundaries, a dose of unabashed comic bravura and honouring British writing with the awkward, self-conscious, yet jagged aplomb it so deservedly needs. Melissa Lee, The Short Review, 2008 |
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