by Carlson, Ron
“Ron Carlson hides the considerable art in his stories as well as anyone writing in English; he disguises it with humor, memorable language and likeable people. . . . Carlson is terribly funny without being unserious. . . . Carlson, however, is an artist, a deadpan chronicler of small-town tragedies, and, like Sherwood Anderson, the best kind of American writer.”
—Nathan Ward, Newark Star-Ledger
“These stories are imaginative, poignant, and funny.”
—Arizona Republic
“Carlson produces clean and assured prose and animates familiar situations with imaginative twists, masterfully reported details and enough emotional honesty to fill a book twice this size.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
For Elaine
Copyright © 2003, 1997, 1992, 1987 by Ron Carlson
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