The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break
Book description
Five thousand years out of the labyrinth, the Minotaur finds himself in the American South, living in a trailer park and working as a line cook at a steakhouse. No longer a devourer of human flesh, the Minotaur is a socially inept, lonely creature with very human needs. But over…
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Five thousand years after leaving the labyrinth, the Minotaur has traded in a diet of virgins for a job as a cook at a North Carolina joint called Grub’s Rib, a casually cannibalistic reference that gives a sense of Sherrill’s dark humor. His life is punctuated by problems that are both conventional (he lives in a trailer park and pines for one of Grub’s waitresses) and un- (his horns are awkward in the tight confines of kitchen and trailer, his tongue makes speech difficult, his penmanship is disastrous). What makes the Minotaur so appealing is that unlike the mortals around…
From Maria's list on stories told by monsters.
I found this in a second-hand bookstore in Wales – the title fascinated me, probably because of the Greek Myth connection! Once you suspend your disbelief and accept that a minotaur is working as a grill chef, it’s a wonderful story about the loneliness of an outsider, being an outcast, and how he finds love. A sad book though!
From Anne's list on lead you gently into the world of magic realism.
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