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The author of the highly acclaimed novels Jernigan (Pulitzer Prize Finalist) and Preston Falls (National Book Critics Cirlce Award Finalist) offers up a mordantly funny collection of short stories about the faulty bargains we make with ourselves to continure the high-wire act of living... read more

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First Sentence

He has never hit me, and only once or twice in our two years has he raised his voice in anger.

Authors & Contributors

  1. David Gates (Author)

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  1. on deck
  2. read 2008
  3. short fiction 
 

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