"John Metcalf comes as close to the baffling, painful comedy of human experience as a writer can get."—Alice Munro
Set in Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans, and Ottawa, the stories in this collection span the life of writer Robert Ford and his wife Sheila. Playing with various forms of comedy throughout, Metcalf paints a portrait of twentieth-century literary life with levity, satire, and unsuspecting moments of emotional depth.
John Metcalf
is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction and nonfiction, including
Standing Stones: Selected Stories
,
Adult Entertainment
Going Down Slow
, and
Kicking Against the Pricks
.