From Library Journal
These 83 stories were originally chosen by a distinguished panel of writers and then submitted to participating newspaper editors, who were free to publish any works they liked; eventually, nine million readers had access to fine fiction along with the usual journalistic fare. There are very few misses here: the average piece is sharply focused, ironic, and economically written. In Allen Gurganus's "A Public Denial," for example, a man drives across a pond underwater but drowns when, in his excitement trying to get to a telephone, he loses control and lands in a second pond, this time with the windows down. Unlike that experiment, however, this anthology is both bold and successful. David Kirby, English Dept., Florida State Univ., Tallahassee
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
