Title: McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue #30Author: Various
Pages: 197
I would recommend this book. All McSweeney's are great but I think this is the best one that has been put out in a few years. I liked every story.
Favorite Stories: Pfaff II by Bill Cotter, Madness by Matei Visniec and Foothill Boulevard by Catherine Bussinger
Favorite Character: Carroll Silver in Pinecone by Michael Cera
Best First Line: "In 1991, I went to jail for canning goods without a license." The Beginning of a Plan by Shelley Oria
Favorite Quotes: "There was something unnerving about the place, like you'd recognized it from a dream." Diamond Aces by Carson Mell
"He was thinner than when I'd last seen him, and the orbits of his eyes were dark, kind of buttholish with exhaustion." Retreat by Wells Tower
Misc: Michael Cera, one of my favorite actors, had a story in this issue and it was awesome. He is in several of my favorite movies (Superbad, Juno, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist) and the vastly underrated TV show Arrested Development. I hope he starts writing more because it seems he has a talent for it.
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