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That's True of Everybody

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The proprietor of a bowling alley whose artist daughter paints only phalluses. A ninth-grade girl who marries in haste only to be faced with her husband's impotence. A libidinous poet who learns the meaning of harassment. The life and loves of a professional lawn-mower. These are just a few of the distinctive stories that make up Mark Winegardner's remarkable debut short-story collection.
Winegardner, whose rich and epic novel Crooked River Burning gave the much-maligned city of Cleveland a fresh and vibrant aspect, now returns to the Midwest that he knows so intimately and casts a piercingly compassionate eye on its denizens. The result is a kaleidoscopic picture of a people who are arrogant and humble, faithful and disloyal, driven and floundering-a people who are finally, America itself.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780156027366
  • ISBN-10: 0156027364
  • Publisher: Mariner Books
  • Publish Date: January 2004
  • Dimensions: 8.54 x 5.49 x 0.66 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.73 pounds
  • Page Count: 252

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