Sweet Land Stories

Description: Ranging over the American continent from Alaska to Washington, D.C., these superb, award-winning short stories are crafted with all the weight and resonance of the novels for which the author is famous.

Review Quotes: "This is an extraordinary contemporary novel, a stunning work."
--The San Francisco Chronicle, about The Book of Daniel

"A wonderful addition to the ranks of American boy heroes . . . Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer with more poetry, Holden Caulfield with more zest and spirit . . . the kind of book you find yourself finishing at three in the morning after promising at midnight that you'll stop at the next page."
--The New York Times Book Review, about Billy Bathgate

"Marvelous . . . You get lost in World's Fair as if it were an exotic adventure. You devour it with the avidity usually provoked by a suspense thriller."
--The New York Times, about World's Fair