I Am an Executioner: Love Stories

A Washington Post Best Book of the Year

The heroes--and anti-heroes--of I Am an Executioner include a misunderstood tiger whose affection for his keeper goes horribly awry, a woman trying to celebrate Thanksgiving with her husband's corpse sprawled on their living-room floor, and an ex-CompUSA employee setting up a medical practice armed only library books and fake business cards. Rajesh Parameswaran has a riotous, singular imagination that promises to dazzle the universe of American fiction.

Author: Rajesh Parameswaran
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01/22/2013
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.28w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780307743411

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 03/03/2013 pg. 24

About the Author

Rajesh Parameswaran's stories have appeared in McSweeney's, Granta, Zoetrope: All-Story, Five Chapters, and Fiction. "The Strange Career of Dr. Raju Gopalarajan" was one of three stories for which McSweeney's earned a National Magazine Award in 2007, and it was reprinted in The Best American Magazine Writing. He lives in New York City.