The Best American Short Stories 2005 (The Best American Series)
 

The Best American Short Stories 2005 (The Best American Series (TM))

The Best American Series
First, Best, and Best-Selling

The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the very best twenty or so pieces to publish. This... (read more)

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Brent W
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This is a great collection selected by Michael Chabon. My favorite short story in this collection has to be "The Smile on Happy Chang's Face." I loved the main character. Perrotta did a great job, as he usually does, at bringing deeply disturbed characters alive.

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