

<DIV>12+</DIV>
FICTION
128 Pages, 5 1/4 x 8
Formats: Cloth, Mobipocket, PDF, EPUB
Cloth, $19.95 (US $19.95) (CA $19.95)
Publication Date: April 2008
ISBN 9781550960822
Rights: US, CA, AU, NZ, EUR & SAM
Exile Editions (Apr 2008)
Reinventing the folktale, the family romance, and the detective narrative all at once, the 10 stories in this collection explore the emotional and spiritual development of characters searching for meaning in life. From an insurance adjustor who has worn the same suit for 20 years to a woman mourning her thrice-dead husband, they all struggle to find themselves in these darkly comical, absurd, yet touchingly poignant short stories.
Matt Shaw is a short story writer who received the Journey Prize in 2006.