These seven stunning tales are about all the big things: faith, love, family, temptation and redemption. They show us at our most vulnerable and our most miraculous. They show moments of grief and betrayal as well as humour and happiness. They show us the best of people and the worst. They show us life.

Stuart Nadler is a writer in the great American tradition, but one who emerges from the shadows - of Updike, of Bellow, of Cheever - and stakes his own bold and exciting claim.

A brilliant debut from a striking and original American voice

About the Author
Stuart Nadler is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he was awarded a Truman Capote Fellowship and a Teaching-Writing Fellowship. Recently, he was the Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellow at the University of Wisconsin. His fiction has appeared in the Atlantic. He is a recipient of the 5 Under 35 Award from America's National Book Foundation. His debut novel Wise Men is also available from Picador.

Reviews
'Good, old-fashioned, gorgeously-crafted tales' Dazed & Confused
'Perfectly crafted . . . Like all great short story writers, Nadler can make his characters whole with the minimal amount of gesturing' Financial Times
'Rueful melancholy and caustic humour permeate these impressive stories . . . The tone is set by the brilliant, bombastic opener' Guardian
'I found these stories utterly absorbing; so perceptive, so crackling with wit, so sad' Belinda McKeon, author of Solace
'Stuart Nadler is a great writer' Time Out



Book Information
ISBN 9781447202431
Author Stuart Nadler
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Picador
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 210g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 18mm