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Borrowed Hearts: New and Selected Stories

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I'd like to throw in my two cents about Rick DeMarinis: he's a wonderful writer, has been a great influence on me, and many of his best books, sadly, have gone out of print. I highly recommend seeking out the collections many of these stories come from, and the terrific novels "Year of the Zinc Penny" and "The Burning Women of Far Cry." The new stories in here are as mordantly funny as his old stuff.

Borrowed Hearts: New And Selected Stories showcases the work of Rick DeMarinis, a major, award-winning American literary talent, and the author of six novels and three previous collections of short fiction. Borrowed Hearts is a showcase anthology that includes twenty-one selections from his three previous collections and eleven new stories never before published. Borrowed Hearts is "must" reading for all DeMarinis fans, and will serve as an ideal introduction for those becoming acquainted with his literary skills and story telling expertise for the first time.

The range of Rick Demarinis' fiction here is remarkable. It stretches from World War II to the present. He generally tackles sick families from the viewpoints of misguided or neglected children, adults reviewing their lives or accidental witnesses. His paintbrush ranges across the country but seems to focus on the Southwest and California. Not all the stories here are winners, and the outlook in most of these tales is pretty bleak. The publication is marred by embarrassing typos.