A collection of short works set in a range of fantastical settings explores such themes as disproportional guilt, the reinvention of self, and the powerful urges to defend and provide for loved ones.
Record details
ISBN:9781594486043 (hbk.)
ISBN:1594486042 (hbk.)
Physical Description:print 304 p. ; 22 cm.
Publisher:New York : Riverhead Books, 2013.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
Pilot, copilot, writer -- Miniature wife -- William Corbin: a meritorious life -- Sounds of early morning -- Artist's voice -- Henry Richard Niles: a meritorious life -- Cash to a killing -- Harold Withy Keith: a meritorious life -- Animal house -- All of me -- Life on Capra II -- Juan Refugio Rocha: a meritorious life -- Disappearance of the Sebali Tribe -- One-horned & wild-eyed -- "Wolf!" -- Farewell, Africa -- Juan Manuel Gonzales: a meritorious life -- Escape from the mall.