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Sam the Cat

and Other Stories

and Other Stories

and Other Stories

By Matthew Klam

By Matthew Klam

By Matthew Klam

By Matthew Klam

By Matthew Klam
Read by Matthew Klam

By Matthew Klam
Read by Matthew Klam

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Part of Vintage Contemporaries

Part of Vintage Contemporaries

Paperback $17.00

May 29, 2001 | ISBN 9780375726613

Ebook $4.99

Dec 15, 2010 | ISBN 9780307765987

Audiobook Download $15.00

Jul 04, 2017 | 364 Minutes

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    About Sam the Cat

    The New Yorker magazine named Matt Klam one of the twenty best young writers in America, and the seven stories that comprise Sam the Cat are all the proof we need.

    Knowing, perceptive, and wickedly funny, Matt Klam loves his characters but spares them nothing: the swaggering womanizer Sam falls in love with a woman across a crowded room who, upon closer inspection, turns out to be not quite what he expected; a self-doubting young professional attends the posh wedding of his successful friend and delivers a disastrous toast; the chicken one man’s girlfriend is preparing for dinner comes to embody the darkly corrosive element in their relationship. These stories crackle with humor, intelligence and style and add up to an outrageously funny, unforgettable debut.

    About Sam the Cat

    The New Yorker magazine named Matt Klam one of the twenty best young writers in America, and the seven stories that comprise Sam the Cat are all the proof we need.

    Knowing, perceptive, and wickedly funny, Matt Klam loves his characters but spares them nothing: the swaggering womanizer Sam falls in love with a woman across a crowded room who, upon closer inspection, turns out to be not quite what he expected; a self-doubting young professional attends the posh wedding of his successful friend and delivers a disastrous toast; the chicken one man’s girlfriend is preparing for dinner comes to embody the darkly corrosive element in their relationship. These stories crackle with humor, intelligence and style and add up to an outrageously funny, unforgettable debut.

    About Sam the Cat

    The New Yorker magazine named Matt Klam one of the twenty best young writers in America, and the seven stories that comprise Sam the Cat are all the proof we need.

    Knowing, perceptive, and wickedly funny, Matt Klam loves his characters but spares them nothing: the swaggering womanizer Sam falls in love with a woman across a crowded room who, upon closer inspection, turns out to be not quite what he expected; a self-doubting young professional attends the posh wedding of his successful friend and delivers a disastrous toast; the chicken one man’s girlfriend is preparing for dinner comes to embody the darkly corrosive element in their relationship. These stories crackle with humor, intelligence and style and add up to an outrageously funny, unforgettable debut.

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    About Matthew Klam

    Matthew Klam lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife. In 1999 he was named one of the twenty best young fiction writers in America by The New Yorker. He is an O. Henry Award winner. His nonfiction has been featured… More about Matthew Klam

    About Matthew Klam

    Matthew Klam lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife. In 1999 he was named one of the twenty best young fiction writers in America by The New Yorker. He is an O. Henry Award winner. His nonfiction has been featured… More about Matthew Klam

    About Matthew Klam

    Matthew Klam lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife. In 1999 he was named one of the twenty best young fiction writers in America by The New Yorker. He is an O. Henry Award winner. His nonfiction has been featured… More about Matthew Klam

    Product Details

    Category: Short Stories | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Vintage
    May 29, 2001 | 256 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375726613

    Category: Short Stories | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Vintage
    Dec 15, 2010 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9780307765987

    Category: Short Stories | Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jul 04, 2017 | 364 Minutes | ISBN 9780525589570

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    Praise

    “A riveting, honest and unvarnished voice that sounds like no one else’s.”–Los Angeles Times

    “Repeatedly nails the fragile braggadocio of the modern American male…. Each story takes on a memorable life of its own, thanks to Klam’s…ability to find the perfect word or phrase.”–San Francisco Chronicle

    “A knockout. [Klam] seems to have tapped right into the heads of certain men, none of whom you want courting your daughter.”–Portland Oregonian

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