Description: Within this collection of short stories are tales about fathers and sons, men and women, and relationships between men. Abbott's perfect pitch for tales of hapless Southwesterners and his way with sympathetic irony records awkward humiliations in lyrical, affectionate language.
Brief description: Lee K. Abbott (1947--2019), author, professor, and founder of the Ohio State University MFA Creative Writing Program, had stories and essays published in Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, Georgia Review, New York Times Book Review, Southern Review, Epoch, Boulevard, Crawdaddy, North American Review, among others, and featured in The Best American Short Stories and The O'Henry Prize Stories. Abbott was the author of seven story collections including All Things, All At Once.
Review Quotes: This is Abbott at his best...a master at work.-- "Booklist"