Andrew Kaufman
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| Original Title: | All My Friends Are Superheroes |
| ISBN: | 1552451305 (ISBN13: 9781552451304) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Tom, The Perfectionist |
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All Tom's friends really are superheroes. There's the Ear, the Spooner, the Impossible Man. Tom even married a superhero, the Perfectionist. But at their wedding, the Perfectionist was hypnotized (by ex-boyfriend Hypno, of course) to believe that Tom is invisible. Nothing he does can make her see him. Six months later, she's sure that Tom has abandoned her. So she's moving to Vancouver. She'll use her superpower to make Vancouver perfect and leave all the heartbreak in Toronto. With no idea Tom's beside her, she boards an airplane in Toronto. Tom has until the wheels touch the ground in Vancouver to convince her he's visible, or he loses her forever.Define Epithetical Books All My Friends are Superheroes
| Title | : | All My Friends are Superheroes |
| Author | : | Andrew Kaufman |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 120 pages |
| Published | : | October 20th 2003 by Coach House Press (first published October 19th 2003) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Fantasy. Humor. Magical Realism. Romance. Cultural. Canada. Adult |
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Ratings: 3.82 From 10578 Users | 1314 ReviewsJudge Epithetical Books All My Friends are Superheroes
What a wonderful, beautiful, heartbreakingly romantic little book. I dont want to say too much about this book, because knowing too much about it ahead of time would ruin a first time reading. What I will say is this book is simple and quick (120 pages) and something everyone should read. In its essence, its a love story; a perfect, wonderful little love story told in a unique way, which also praises individuality and personality quirks and fighting to hold on to those things which are real.DontI read this in a few hours on a train trip and thoroughly enjoyed it. The whimsy, the humour, the constant metaphor! I was a little unsure what I was walking into, but that ended up being fun. It's a story about a woman who has been hypnotized into thinking that her husband is invisible the night of their wedding. After a few months of not seeing her husband she gets on a plane to abandon the relationship, but she doesn't know that he has been beside her this entire time and has this last plane
A perfectly sweet little book. I read it in less than an hour, which I love. It has something of the romantic comedy about it, and something delightfully quirky that I have come to associate with Canadian creations - although admittedly I am mostly thinking of Scott Pilgrim here. A little off-centre, a little tongue-in-cheek, it's kind of like one perfect slice of cake: not too big, not too small, leaves you feeling all warm and gooey inside without feeling overindulged.The little vignettes of
Nearly twenty years ago I remember I spent awhile making up a story in my head about people with super powers. It was around 2000, and I was probably influenced by some of the X-Men anti-mutant problems they were always involved with. It was about people who were treated like feared and treated like garbage by normal people because they had superpowers, but their superpowers were mundane and boring, like a guy who could warm up a cup of coffee with his hands, but they didn't generate enough heat
This book is totally adorable. It's not going to change your life, it's not Earth-shattering prose, it's just plain unadulterated pleasure to read.I wish I could've finished it in one sitting but it's difficult to finish 107 pages on the bus journey to work. But then again if I had finished it without pause I wouldn't have known what it was like to put it down and feel the need to pick it up again.There's not much I can tell you without spoiling it BUT it is a wonderful love story AND the
Tom is just a regular guy, though all his friends are not. They are SUPERHEROES with SUPER POWERS! True, their powers may be somewhat odd. There's The Businessman who can calculate the net worth of passersby, The Couch Surfer, a man imbued with the ability to live off of his friends' generosity, and Tom's new bride, The Perfectionist, whose source of power is her need for order. Alas, their love story goes pear shaped on their wedding day when a suggestion made by one of Perf's old beaus, Hypno
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