Scandal at the Alphorn Factory: New and Selected Short Fiction, 20241984

A new collection of stories by Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Gary Barwin that put the fab in fabulist.

Scandal in the Alphorn Factory: New and Selected Short Fiction, 1984-2023 couples brand new and uncollected stories with selections of the most playful and ambitious of Barwin's previous collections, including Cruelty to Fabulous Animals, Big Red Baby, Doctor Weep and Other Strange Teeth, and I, Dr. Greenblatt, Orthodontist, 251-1457. Known as a "whiz-bang storyteller" who can deliver magical, dream-like sequences and truisms about the human condition in the same paragraph, Barwin's trademark brilliance, wit, and originality are on display in this can't-miss collection of short fiction.