Ten short stories depict a kaleidoscope of characters--maybe even
someone you know.
In The Lousy Adult, William J. Cobb reveals a world where love and
respect collide with achievement and desire, a world where people often
get what they want, yet must pay the price of alienation, remorse, and
retribution in order to obtain it.
In "The Sea Horse," a teenage boy defends a battered woman against her
abusive husband while he deals with the loss of his own parents. In
"Warsaw, 1984," a young man travels through Europe and ends up in a
relationship in a country he can't understand. The Lousy Adult
presents ten short stories about defrocked priests, guilty electricians,
hardened mothers, and other colorful characters who portray the
complexity of the human race.
Praise for William J. Cobb's The Fire Eaters
"Cobb's short stories, printed in the New Yorker and other magazines,
hinted at the power he displays in this beautifully controlled and
convincing debut, winner of the 1992 Associated Writing Programs award
for the novel."--Publisher's Weekly