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SynopsisRhodes' profound humor addresses sex, love, dating, and the confoundingly beautiful, inscrutable girlfriend., Simplicity finds enormous power in Dan Rhodes's offbeat collection of short (very short) stories. With his award-winning Timoleon Vieta Come Home and chick-lit send-up (under the nom de plume Danuta De Rhodes) The Little White Car, his authorial range became obvious. Now his remarkable collection, Anthropology, only enhanced Rhodes's reputation. Declared one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists in 2003, Rhodes possesses a talent for understated wallops and profound humor, which he devotes to unraveling sex, love, dating, and the confoundingly beautiful, inscrutable girlfriend in these short (but intense) musings., Of Dan Rhodes's award-winning "Timoleon Vieta Come Home, Michiko Kakutani of "The New York Times said, "Mr. Rhodes [writes] with an anomalous blend of humor, heartfeft emotion and old-fashioned story-telling verve. He has written a beguiling and resonant little novel." And when he took on the nom de plume Danuta De Rhodes to pen his chick-lit send-up "The Little White Car, Jonathan Yardley of "The Washington Post said, "Younger readers and chick-lit aficionados doubtless will be its most appreciative readers, but this old crock enjoyed it, too." Called "an ingenious project in prose construction "(Publishers Weekly), Anthropology enhanced Rhodes's reputation. He was declared one of "Granta's Best Young British Novelists in 2003. Rhodes's gift for understand wallops and his profound humor address sex, love, dating, and the confoundingly beautiful, inscrutable girlfriend.