Dave Margoshes will be reading at Shelf Life Books in Calgary from his new story collection, God Telling a Joke and Other Stories, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2-4 p.m., at Shelf Life Books,1302 4th St. S.W. (corner of 13th Ave.)
What is your latest release and what genre is it?God Telling a Joke and Other Stories. A collection of short stories published by Oolichan Books (Fernie, B.C.)
Quick description: Unlike my last book, A Book of Great Worth (Coteau Books, 2012), which was a collection of linked stories featuring a character much like my father, this collection contains totally unrelated stories. Among the characters in the sixteen stories are a 99-year-old stand-up comedian wearily challenging God to deliver the punch line; a lightning strike survivor whose luck finally runs out; a Princeton-educated trapper who transforms himself into the King of the Jews; a carnival sideshow…
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