Fiction. Critically acclaimed books Dark Rides and Wishbook are collected in a single volume in GRAB BAG, a selection of editor Dennis Cooper's "Little House on the Bowery" series. Dark Rides, the first book in GRAB BAG, tells the story of Derek, a gay teenager looking for love in carnivals, honky tonks, and hospitals. Wish Book, the second book, focuses on a small city swarming with con men, hucksters, and spiritualists during the Great Depression. Though Derek McCormack has been nominated for a Toronto Book Award and a National Magazine Award in Canada, GRAB BAG is his first release in the United States. "Anyone interested in the more wicked, crafty and inventive forms of Canadian writing should be well advised to spend time with McCormack"--Toronto Star.

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Derek McCormack is the author of GRAB BAG (Akashic) and The Haunted Hillbilly (Soft Skull), which was named a "Best Book of the Year" by both the Village Voice and the Globe and Mail, and was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. He writes fashion and arts articles for the National Post, and lives in Toronto.