McSweeney's At War for the Foreseeable Future and He's Never Been so Scared (Quarterly Concern Issue 14)

Dave Eggers

ISBN 10: 1932416129 / ISBN 13: 9781932416121

Published by McSweeney's, 2004

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[ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: First Thus ] Publisher: McSweeney's Pub Date: 9/27/2004 Binding: Paperback Pages: 306 First Thus.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: McSweeney's At War for the Foreseeable Future and He's Never Been so Scared (Quarterly Concern Issue 14)
• Publisher: McSweeney's
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932416129
• ISBN 13: 9781932416121
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Issue 14 features a return of the hard-hitting journalism that has made McSweeney's our nation's preeminent source of Whys and Wherefores: Joshuah Bearman leads a daring investigation into the enigmatic Great Gerbil (Rhombomys Opimus) of central Asia, uncovering signs of an impending disaster that could totally mess up life as we know it.

The issue also includes strange and wonderful stories from T.C. Boyle, Susan Straight, Jim Shepard, Wells Tower, Jessica Anthony, Chris Bachelder, and approximately seven other good people. At least one of these stories contains the following paragraph:

"I am Felicius Victor, son of the centurion Annius Equester, on active service in the Twentieth Cohort and scribe for special services for the administration of the entire legion. All day, every day, I sad. Over the heather the wet wind blows continuously. The rain comes pattering out of the sky. My bowels fail me regularly and others come and go on the continuous bench of our latrine while I huddle there on the cold stone."