![]() ![]() The idea behind McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales is almost as interesting as the collection itself. Is this modern pulp? Or authors at play? It's left for the reader to decide. The collection is edited by Pulitzer winner Michael Chabon and contributors include thriller-ifick Michael Crichton, lit darling Dan Chaon, crimester Elmore Leonard, and senior scaremeister Stephen King, among others, all serving up a substantial 480 page collection with 1950s pulp art retro cover. McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales seems like an attempt to confuse such people with a collection of strange stories from an even stranger grouping of authors. Then there are those people who only approach the latest award winners, the literary novels delivered in the more visually subtle and larger format of the quality trade paperback. There are those regular readers who, when walking into their local bookstore, head directly towards the mass market racks where the slick-covered smaller books of murder and fantasy reign supreme. It is said that you can't judge a book by its cover, but we all do this to some extent. ![]() McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling TalesĮxpectation can create one sticky wicket when it comes to being a reader (and a reviewer). Review | McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales edited by Michael Chabon ![]()
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