Description: "Now a classic, Bad Behavior made critical waves when it was first published, heralding Mary Gaitskill's arrival as one of the sharpest, most erotically charged, and audaciously funny writing talents of contemporary literature. Set in Manhattan's Lower East Side and peopled with working-class drug addicts, intelligent hookers, stable housewives, smug yuppies, and sensually deprived professionals, Bad Behavior portrays a cruel and tender world where romance and modern perversity go hand in hand. Gaitskill delivers powerful stories of dislocation, longing, and desire that depict a disenchanted and rebellious urban fringe generation groping for human connection"--
