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The Minotaur Takes A Cigarette Break

By Steven Sherrill
Series: Canons
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UNSETTLING ~ WRY ~ TENDER An unusual and unforgettable take on what it means to be an outsider, an outcast, a misfit. Five thousand years after having escaped Crete, the Minotaur finds himself deep in the American South, living in a trailer park and working as... Read More
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An unusual and unforgettable take on what it means to be an outsider, an outcast, a misfit.

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UNSETTLING ~ WRY ~ TENDER

An unusual and unforgettable take on what it means to be an outsider, an outcast, a misfit.

Five thousand years after having escaped Crete, the Minotaur finds himself deep in the American South, living in a trailer park and working as a line cook at Grub's Ribs.

He leads a lonely life observing the haphazard human goings on around him, trying in vain to put his flesh-devouring past behind him. Socially inept, he is at best tolerated by mortals. But as his life dissolves into chaos, this broken and alienated immortal awakens to the possibility for happiness and capacity for connection.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781837264018

Publisher: Canongate Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 July 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Canongate Canons

Edition: Main - Cult Canons

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 204.0mm

Weight: 225g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

Steven Sherrill is the author of five novels, a collection of poetry and a banjo laden Minotaur heavy memoir. He earned a community college welding diploma and an MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Recently retired from Penn State University as Professor of English and Integrative Arts, he may spend the next decade making puppets.

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