I Made This Just for You

A$35 · Offered by Harry Hartog Rare Books

A never-ending press junket. An island made of plastic. A doppelganger made of shower hair. A basement full of replacement fathers. The characters in I Made This Just for You are perfect avatars of modern life. They work in tech, take designer drugs, assemble IKEA furniture, pursue beauty matching, and rehabilitate their reputations-all while grappling with a perilous sense of unease, held hostage by economic forces beyond their control. I Made This Just for You lives in weird and flirts with normal. The stories explore the tension between authenticity and performance, as characters navigate the anxieties of modern parenthood, the disorienting nature of loss and memory, and the absurd, often dystopian, intersection of the digital and the real. This savage, sideways collection asks: How do we measure the distance between two people? How can we thrive within our own ceaseless routines? And how are we still drawn together, in spite of our messy, broken ways of knowing? PRAISE FOR I MADE THIS JUST FOR YOU 'Chris Ames fearlessly stares into the uncanny abyss of the hyperreal, creating ultra contemporary tales of terror, satire and digital anxiety. This collection is a mind-bending, timely and empathetic reminder that we have to endure, no matter how many skies have fallen.' - Chris Flynn, author of Orpheus Nine 'Ames reaches beyond satire by writing characters whose nightmares are made flesh.' Saturday Paper 'From corporate drudgery to online hellscapes, Chris Ames writes cleverly

• Binding: Hardcover

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