Summary
From the bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins comes a darkly funny, utterly compelling collection of stories about the American family.
We Live in Water is a world of lost fathers and redemptive con artists, of personal struggles and broken men.
In ‘Thief’, a blue-collar worker turns unlikely detective to find out which of his kids is stealing from the family holiday fund. ‘Anything Helps’ sees a homeless man try to raise money to buy his son the new Harry P…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241003855 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241003857 |
| Author: | Jess Walter |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 27 August 2014 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
These stories are very, very good . If you like to read, you’ll like this book
These stories are very, very good. If you like to read, you’ll like this book * Publishers Weekly *
A witty and sobering snapshot of recession-era America * Kirkus Reviews *
Wildly entertaining and thought-provoking * Booklist *
A genius of the modern American movement * Philadelphia Inquirer *
Jess Walter has impressive command of the short story…Since 13 stories should be plenty for a collection, maybe the best compliment we might pay the author is to object that this book is too short – Lionel Shriver * Financial Times *
A more expansive, wittier Raymond Carver * Metro *
One for the hols * Sunday Times Style *
Clever, original and a little dark * Grazia *
There’s no sudden resolution, but there’s enough wit to help you get through the messy bits * Shortlist *
A collection of punchy stories … Sold and sold * Esquire *
About The Author
Jess Walter
Jess Walter is the author of six novels, including The Financial Lives of the Poets and The Cold Millions. Beautiful Ruins was a New York Times bestseller, and We Live in Water was one of Barack Obama’s books of 2019. Jess Walter lives in Spokane, Washington with his family.
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