Sweet nothing : stories / Richard Lange.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lange, Richard, 1961-

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American.

Genre:

Short stories, American.

Short stories.

Physical Description:

259 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

Summary:

"Set on the dark side of Los Angeles, the masterful new collection from an award-winning and highly praised "natural-born storyteller" (Ron Rash). In these gripping and intense stories, Richard Lange returns to the form that first landed him on the literary map. These are edge-of-your-seat tales: A prison guard must protect an inmate being tried for heinous crimes. A father and son set out to rescue a young couple trapped during a wildfire. An ex-con trying to make good as a security guard stumbles onto a burglary plot. A young father must submit to blackmail to protect the fragile life he's built. SWEET NOTHING is an unforgettable collection that shows once again why T.C. Boyle wrote, "Lange's stories combine the truth-telling and immediacy of Raymond Carver with the casual hip of Denis Johnson. There is a potent artistic sensibility at work here" (on Dead Boys)"-- Provided by publisher.

"In these gripping and intense stories, Richard Lange returns to the form that first landed him on the literary map. These are edge-of-your-seat tales: A prison guard must protect an inmate being tried for heinous crimes. A father and son set out to rescue a young couple trapped during a wildfire. An ex-con trying to make good as a security guard stumbles onto a burglary plot. A young father must submit to blackmail to protect the fragile life he's built. SWEET NOTHING is an unforgettable collection that shows once again why T.C. Boyle wrote, "Lange's stories combine the truth-telling and immediacy of Raymond Carver with the casual hip of Denis Johnson. There is a potent artistic sensibility at work here" (on Dead Boys)"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Must come down

Baby killer

The wolf of Bordeaux

The 100-to-1 club

Gather darkness

Instinctive drowning response

Apocrypha

After all

Sweet nothing

To ashes.

Contains:

Lange, Richard, 1961- Must come down.

ISBN:

9780316327541

0316327549

OCLC:

881206736