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by Paul Griner
A stylized and otherworldly short story collection filled with sidelined characters placed at center stage. A low-ranking soldier is forced to milk a cow within enemy range. A cartoonist's daughter waits each morning to see how her father's mood dictates how he will draw her face. Grieving siblings wait to inherit one of their father's physical features after his death.
"Starred Review. Griner excels in his longer stories, one of which - "On Board the SS Irresponsible" - borders on being a masterpiece... Griner's stories shine a glaring light on the complexities of human personality and family relationships." - Kirkus
"A line from Immanent in the Last Sheaf, another masterly short piece, could serve as the collection's mission statement: 'It was better not to guess,' the protagonist tell us, 'than to guess incorrectly.'" - Publishers Weekly
"Griner seems to know everybody's secrets, and this astonishing collection sets out to reveal them." - Dan Chaon, author of Await Your Reply and Stay Awake
"Paul Griner finds surprising and inventive ways to write about a wide range of sometimes uncomfortable - but always interesting - situations." - Bobbie Ann Mason, author of The Girl in the Blue Beret and In Country
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Paul Griner's first book, the story collection Follow Me, was a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers pick. His next two books, the novels Collectors and The German Woman, have been published in half a dozen languages. His work has appeared in Ploughshares, Playboy, One Story, Tin House, Narrative, and Zoetrope, among others. He teaches at the University of Louisville.
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