A collection of stories about reckless love that reaches across generations ranges from characters just discovering the wonders and mysteries of love, to men and women all too familiar with love's pains and disappointments, yet still in search of its comfort. By the author of A Stranger in This Worl[...]
In the tradition of the works of Raymond Carver and Richard Ford, this fiction debut shines with verbal brilliance. Disturbing yet compellingly readable, the stories in this collection explore the gap between disappointment and hope, between life as it could be and life as it is.[...]
Building on the success of A Stranger in This World, the widely praised collection of stories that was one of the most exciting literary debuts of recent years, Kevin Canty has written a blistering, unforgettable first novel. Set in the sprawl of suburbia, with its shattered families and hollow live[...]