Dogfight: And Other Stories

by Michael Knight and Michael Knight

Book Overview

"Ten stories cut like gems from American family life . . . [with] a gracious patina and a drawl of violence." -- Los Angeles Times "A writer of the first rank. . . . [Knight] writes gently and with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452278945
• ISBN13: 9780452278943
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 161 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

As Good as it Gets

I'm glad to see this book out in a new print. It's one of the best collections I've ever read. Stories like "Now You See Her" and "Sundays" are as good as it gets.

Amazing...Wonderful...etc

There's something about Michael Knight's writing that keeps me turning each and every page. I loved every story in this book. If any other author had written these stories, they would most likely only be mediocre, but Michael Knight can take these stories and make them real. He's an extraordinary writer, a wonderful teacher, and a great person.

Loved it.

I thoroughly enjoyed this clever and thoughtful collection, though I did feel it was a little inconsistent. The strong stories outnumber the weaker ones by far, and the strong ones will knock your socks off. Michael is a wonderful writer (and a wonderful teacher, and a super-nice guy).

Good stuff

Knight's work to date seems to me like a gentile version of "Goodbye Columbus." He has Roth's eye for the lusty details that make the blood go to the skin. I recommend this book especially to young readers and writers like myself who are interested in the way that middle class experience can be made into meaningful fiction. In response to one of the critics above, I think "Birdland" (NewYorker) is the best of all Knight's stories, with the exception, perhaps, of "Bad man, So Pretty." If you want to see someone get a lot better at fiction writing with time, read "Birdland" after Dog Fight. Hope to see more from Knight soon. Am very jealous of his talent.

Thoroughly enjoyable.

Michael Knight's stories are evocative and stirring without being too big to get your hands around them. Another short story, "Birdland," is in the New Yorker's Nov. 9, 1998 issue and well worth the search. I'm really looking forward to his first novel, "Divining Rod."