Asthmatica is the first collection of comedic fictionfrom critically acclaimed poet Jon Paul Fiorentino. The stories within are edgy, eccentric and hilarious: a young man finds true love in a household appliance; a wise aunt teaches her nephew how to drive drunk; two juvenile delinquents stalk the milkman; an angst-ridden asthmatic makes an urgent plea to be your alpha male. A text of razor-sharp wit, Asthmatica is an exciting debut.
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Jon Paul Fiorentino is a poet, essayist and editor. His previous poetry collections include Resume Drowning (Broken Jaw Press) and the Carol Shields Award–nominated Transcona Fragments (Cyclops Press). His current editorial projects are the anthologies Career Suicide! Contemporary Literary Humour (DC Books, 2003) and the forthcoming Post-Prairie. He is currently working as an editor for Matrix magazine. He lives in Montreal.
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The short stories in Jon Paul Fiorentino's Asthmatica tickle the funny bone every time.
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Jon Paul Fiorentino's ingeniously silly Asthmatica is a keeper.
MONTREAL GAZETTE
Jon Paul Fiorentino is one witty, daring mofo ... [his] graceful language coupled with his unabashed need to confess and elaborate on the most disgusting of life's truths make this book a very satisfying read.
NOW TORONTO
This collection is refreshingly light hearted ... a very real blessing.
QUILL AND QUIRE
Introducing a Montreal talent you'll read again and again. Asthmatica is one you'll want to own.
OTTAWA CITIZEN
An idiosyncratic and savagely funny memoir. (Four stars.)
EYE WEEKLY (TORONTO)
[Fiorentino] is able to blend deliberately funny zingers with stern and powerfully guided craftsmanship.
THE DANFORTH REVIEW
Asthmatica is a seamlessly funny, smart, naughty read filled with irreverent insights.
MONTREAL REVIEW OF BOOKS
Fiorentino writes in an effortless voice, free flowing and conversationally witty ... The imagery of Fiorentino's prose is especially charming.
MONTREAL HOUR
Jon Paul Fiorentino's latest collection is an acidly funny series of stories ... The outrageous humour of Asthmatica's stories, lists and crossword puzzles delivers a stealth attack against sterile hyper-suburbia, mall capitalism and familial norms.
MONTREAL MIRROR
Imagine Portnoy's Complaint set in the landscape of TV's South Park.
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Sweet.
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