Dedication: "For Kerrie,
Milo, and Spencer"
Epigraph: "You know that
the best you can expect is to avoid the worst." -- Italo Calvino, If
on a Winter's Night a Traveler Contains the stories: Sorry Fugu;
Modern
Love; Hard Sell; Peace
of Mind; Sinking House;
The
Human Fly; The Hat;
Me
Cago en la Leche (Robert Jordan in Nicaragua);
The
Little Chill; King Bee;
Thawing
Out;
The Devil and Irv Cherniske;
The
Miracle at Ballinspittle;
Zapatos;
The
Ape Lady in Retirement; If the River Was Whiskey.
Bauers, Sandy."The
Final Authority; T. Coraghessan Boyle Reads His Work with Vigor." Chicago
Tribune 29 November 1990.