Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories (P.S.) - Softcover

"An exceptional story collection. . . Heartbreaking, absurd, deftly drawn. . ."--New York Times Book Review

"Superb debut story collection... Fountain knows the Third World; he [writes] with a precision that suggests firsthand knowledge."--Salon

" ...the ambition and global outlook of Fountain's fiction marks a welcome addition to the literature produced in our state."--Houston Chronicle

"An impeccable debut collection; if Fountain can keep it up, he's an heir to Paul Theroux."--Kirkus Reviews

"Fountain has the storytelling gifts to bring the world home to us and a moral compass set to true north."--Gary Shteyngart, author of Absurdistan

"[Fountain's] really a bright light on character in extreme conditions."--Will Blythe, The News and Observer

"Short-story collections don't come much better than this. Brief Encounters With Che Guevara offers pointed prose, nimble revelation..."--Philadelphia Inquirer

"In this first collection the author brings the virtuosity of Greene and le Carre to tales of foreign adventures."--Boston Globe

"Ben Fountain writes deftly about fear and disorientation abroad in his first story collection."--Outside magazine

"It is such an unexpected joy, in this age of introspection, to discover an American writer with a global outlook."--Jim Crace, author of Genesis and Being Dead