John Metcalf comes as close to the baffling, painful comedy of human
experience as a writer can get.--Alice Munro
Set in Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans, and Ottawa, the stories in this
collection span the life of writer Robert Ford and his wife Sheila.
Playing with various forms of comedy throughout, Metcalf paints a
portrait of twentieth-century literary life with levity, satire, and
unsuspecting moments of emotional depth.
John Metcalf is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction and
nonfiction, including Standing Stones: Selected Stories, Adult
Entertainment, Going Down Slow, and Kicking Against the Pricks.