A collection of vivid and contemporary stories bringing together the mundane and the fantastic in a highly readable array.
Her protagonists are as diverse as a couple who hire themselves out to keep people warm (and alive) after a major nuclear accident causes disruption of the world’s weather patterns, to a vacuum salesman whose amorous exploits are incidental to his desire to eliminate dust! Then there’s a man harassed by chain letters who reacts in a bizarre yet appropriate way to this modern bane.
“Thriftiness of diction, a seemingly artless style, and a great talent for maximum suggestion expressed through minimal images are Jeri Kroll’s especial virtues as a writer. There are promises in the opening story which are fulfilled over and over throughout the book, although it’s hard not to find “The Electrolux Man” the jewel in the crown. ” - Debra Adelaide, Southerly.
