Mythic and realist, farcical and tragic, these fifteen "fables of contemporary life are] so funny and acutely observed that they might have been written for] Saturday Night Live" (The New York Times)--from the award-winning author of The Tortilla Curtain....
Mythic and realistic, farcical and tragic, The Washington Post Book World says these masterful stories mark T. Coraghessan Boyle's development from "a prodigy's audacity to something that packs even more of a wallop: mature artistry." They cover everything, from a terrifying...