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''The Queen of Puerto Rico and Other Stories'' is the title of a short story collection authored by Joe Frank and published in 1993 by William Morrow and Company. | '''''The Queen of Puerto Rico and Other Stories''''' is the title of a short story collection authored by Joe Frank and published in 1993 by William Morrow and Company. It contains material from several of Joe's radio programs in short story form, as well as some independent text. It is out of print, and copies are hard to find. | ||
== Contents == | |||
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*Tell Me What to Do | *Tell Me What to Do | ||
*Fat Man | *Fat Man | ||
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* "Winter" shares material with the program [[When She's Asleep, She Looks Like An Angel]]. In the printed version, the story is told in the third person, and "she" is replaced by the protagonist's son. | * "Winter" shares material with the program [[When She's Asleep, She Looks Like An Angel]]. In the printed version, the story is told in the third person, and "she" is replaced by the protagonist's son. | ||
''The Queen Of Puerto Rico'' was reviewed favorably: | |||
* "[A]s Frank proves here, we humans can console ourselves in these dark times with the magic of a story spellbindingly told."<ref>[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/joe-frank/the-queen-of-puerto-rico "The Queen of Puerto Rico and Other Stories"]. ''Kirkus Reviews'', October 15, 1993.</ref> | |||
* "Sharply observed and simply told, these are disquieting portraits of desire and unfulfillment."<ref>[https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-688-08765-4 "The Queen of Puerto Rico and Other Stories"]. ''Publisher's Weekly'', November 1, 1993.</ref> | |||
* "Mr. Frank ... has a knack for conveying the ironic and the absurd."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/09/books/in-short-fiction.html "The Queen of Puerto Rico and Other Stories"]. Carol Cain Farrington, ''The New York Times'', January 9, 1994.</ref> | |||
== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
* ''The Queen of Puerto Rico'' [http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Puerto-Rico-Other-Stories/dp/0688087655/ref=sr_1_1 at Amazon] | * ''The Queen of Puerto Rico'' [http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Puerto-Rico-Other-Stories/dp/0688087655/ref=sr_1_1 at Amazon] | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
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Revision as of 03:25, 28 February 2021
The Queen of Puerto Rico and Other Stories is the title of a short story collection authored by Joe Frank and published in 1993 by William Morrow and Company. It contains material from several of Joe's radio programs in short story form, as well as some independent text. It is out of print, and copies are hard to find.
Contents
- Tell Me What to Do
- Fat Man
- Night
- Green Cadillac
- Date
- The Queen of Puerto Rico
- Winter
- The Decline of Spengler: A Radio Play
Interesting Facts
- "Winter" shares material with the program When She's Asleep, She Looks Like An Angel. In the printed version, the story is told in the third person, and "she" is replaced by the protagonist's son.
The Queen Of Puerto Rico was reviewed favorably:
- "[A]s Frank proves here, we humans can console ourselves in these dark times with the magic of a story spellbindingly told."[1]
- "Sharply observed and simply told, these are disquieting portraits of desire and unfulfillment."[2]
- "Mr. Frank ... has a knack for conveying the ironic and the absurd."[3]
Commentary
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External Links
- The Queen of Puerto Rico at Amazon
Footnotes
- ↑ "The Queen of Puerto Rico and Other Stories". Kirkus Reviews, October 15, 1993.
- ↑ "The Queen of Puerto Rico and Other Stories". Publisher's Weekly, November 1, 1993.
- ↑ "The Queen of Puerto Rico and Other Stories". Carol Cain Farrington, The New York Times, January 9, 1994.
