Torpedo Volume 2
Some people hope short fiction will save the world. Or, at least, they hope that within the carefully designed pages of the latest anthology or journal, a bastion of TRUTH will call out to them. Fiction writers are expected to trigger epiphanies; to elicit congruence from our jumbled up thoughts and emotions; to ask some questions and answer others.
It is with this in mind that we come to Torpedo Volume 2, a new assemblage of fiction, graphic fiction and illustration from Falcon vs. Monkey Falcon Wins. With a host of American contributors, this edition reflects a style of writing made popular by McSweeney's and This American Life.
Like any work that groups varied contributions, Torpedo delivers a mix of the cutting edge and the overdone. Design and illustration wise, this volume is distinctly boy-flavoured, but there is pith here beyond aesthetics. Our preferences include Luke May's strange piece set at Hanging Rock, Josephine Rowe's three-part elegy and Tony D'Souza's satirical ‘11/9', which asks the real question: after Obama, will the next president be Condi Rice or John Travolta? Fiction better save the world.
Format: Book
Motivation: Good with a whiskey in the bath
Keywords: Literature
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