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One of the best short story writers alive.
This collection is chock full of the customary wit and word play with which Moore sugars cynicism and darkness. She's a writer of substance and Bark highli... READ MORE
A master of the American Short Story
Humorous, poignant, sharp, sentimental and surprising, each story is a like peeling back the rooftop of a suburban household and peeking at what's really g... READ MORE
Synopsis
Shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award
In these eight masterful stories, Lorrie Moore explores the passing of time and summons up its inevitable sorrows and comic pitfalls. Gimlet-eyed social observation, the public and private absurdities of American life, irony and half-cracked love wend their way through these stories, in which Moore is always tender, never sentimental and often heartbreakingly funny.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- ISBN: 9780571273928
- Number of pages: 208
- Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 14 mm
- Weight: 168g
- Languages: English