"A surreal collection of stories based on Anthony Zen’s mundane yet absurd life."
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Told in a collection of 23 stories, The Surreal Adventures of Anthony Zen by Cameron A. Straughan is a collection of dreamlike narratives following the overarching story of Anthony Zen’s mundane, yet absurd life. It seems contradictory to explain something as absurd and mundane, but I’m at a loss to describe it any better. We see Anthony wake up, go to work, head out for dinner with parents, and take visits to the cinema. All the while, his cat rings like an alarm clock, Hippos form part of the police force, he doesn’t always wake up in his own bed, he forgets to put on trousers (an inherited trait) and it always seems to be around 9am.
A book that, the more you concentrate on the details the more you are rewarded with absurd twists and irreverent humour filled payoffs. I found the twist on the ‘to be or not to be’ soliloquy really funny, and the play on words (Mount Tingtension) appeals to my love of punny, “dad-humour”. The structure of the book as a collection of short stories adds to the overall feel of the absurd, they read almost like snatches of a dream (one where you always forget your trousers when you leave the house) which adds to the surreal quality of the story.
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Available in kindle and paperback from Amazon.
A wild, hilarious account of one man’s absurd quest for enlightenment, inner peace and a really good pair of trousers.
These twenty-three interconnected short stories dissect the chaos of modern life with a unique brand of off-the-wall humour. Anthony Zen pokes fun at the idea that our bosses can be pigs, our parents can be embarrassing and absent-minded, time is relative, justice is blind, and the foundations of our relationships might not always pass the inspection of a team of geologists.
In Anthony’s world, the mundane becomes fantastic. EVERYTHING is a target for satire. Are these illustrated stories just a good laugh - some silly fun - or do they deep dive into the minutia and machinations that manipulate our daily existence? YOU decide!
The Surreal Adventures of Anthony Zen features in the following genres: Indie Author Books, Indie Books We Love, Humorous Fiction, Recommendations, Fiction, Fantasy, Satirical fiction and parodies
The Surreal Adventures of Anthony Zen is available in Paperback
The Surreal Adventures of Anthony Zen was written by Cameron A. Straughan and published by Kadath Press
