Touch and Go

Stein, Eugene

ISBN 10: 068815042X / ISBN 13: 9780688150426

Published by Rob Weisbach Books/William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York, New York, USA, 1997

About this Item

BH2 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps and label on the top outside paper edges, front endpaper, and title page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with a library label on the back plus the front and back endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A collection of thirteen inventive short stories by a noted writer of the form. The author's short stories have appeared in "Harper's," "The Iowa Review," and "The Pushcart Prize Anthology." By the author of "Straitjacket and Tie." 178p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # SCW07509

Bibliographic Details

Title: Touch and Go

Publisher: Rob Weisbach Books/William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York, New York, USA

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.

Book Type: Ex-Library

About this title

Synopsis:

A wholly original writer breathes new life into a literary tradition in this fearless, masterfully inventive collection of thirteen stories.

Stick your finger in Shorty's rice pudding -- still warm from the pot -- at Mom's Diner. (Shorty's the cook.) There's always a word of friendly advice and a positive outlook here, and even the criminals appreciate the good service.

If you fall in love when you're traveling, pay attention to whom you trust -- and where you go. You have to be careful of Death in Belize, but the beaches there are very, very pretty, and the people, good-looking and kind.

Workers, unite! See the beauty of utopia in The Triumph of the Prague Workers' Councils -- Tatiana Malevich's masterwork in collage. The artwork's whereabouts remain shrouded in mystery, but Elaine and Jessica, revolutionaries and amateur detectives, are sure to uncover it if they don't kill each other first.

A Darvon, two Xanax, two Valiums, and some Chardonnay. Shula's got to look up that combo in the drug hotline handbook to know how it'll mess you up. Speaking of which, after all those Close Calls, why aren't you dead yet?

In Touch and Go, Eugene Stein evokes strange -- yet strangely familiar -- worlds, feelings you didn't know were there, flavors aplenty. Into the dark corners of your heart and mind he shines a unique light on love, life, and desire -- illuminating and brilliant.

About the Author:

Eugene Stein was born in New York City and attended Yale College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author of a novel, Straitjacket & Tie, and now lives in Los Angeles.