Bream Gives Me Hiccups
And Other Stories
From Academy Award-nominated Jesse Eisenberg comes a collection of hilarious, absurd, poignant stories.
The series of stories that gives the book its unusual title are written from the point of view of a nine-year-old boy whose mother brings him to expensive Los Angeles restaurants so that she can bill her ex-husband for the meals.
Another series of stories are letters written by a university student to her high school counselor as she grows gradually more unhinged. Other stories imagine discussions in ancient Pompeii just before the volcanic eruption, explore the vagaries of post-gender-normative dating in New York City, and conjure up Alexander Graham Bell's first five phone calls: "Have you heard anything from Mabel? I've been calling her all day, she…
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September 27, 2016Jesse Eisenberg has appeared in several films, including 30 Minutes or Less, The Social Network, Holy Rollers, Zombieland, Adventureland, The Squid and The Whale, and Roger Dodger. On stage, he has appeared in Orphans opposite Al Pacino, Scarcity at the Atlantic Theater, and Asuncion, which he wrote, at the Cherry Lane. He is also a contributing writer for McSweeney's, and his humor essays have appeared in Harper's Magazine and the New York Times. He has narrated several audiobooks, including Colin Fischer and the Curse Workers series by Holly Black.
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