The Spot
eBook - ePub

The Spot

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Spot

About this book

THE SPOT is an old blacksmith shed in which a gang of men tweeze apart the intricacies of a botched bank robbery.

THE SPOT is a place deep in Riverside Park, along the Hudson River, where two lovers walk with a keen sense that their adultery is about to come to an end.

THE SPOT is at the bottom of Niagara Falls, where the body of a young girl floats as if caught in the tangled currents of her own tragic story.

THE SPOT is a place in a young father's mind where love, fear and responsibility merge in the struggle with his son's potentially devastating diagnosis.

THE SPOT lies in the eardrum of a madman plagued by a noisy upstairs neighbour on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

This highly anticipated collection by internationally acclaimed short story master David Means is exceptional not only in it's language but also in the diversity of the narratives, as he searches out with delicate precision the intricate relationship between immortality and grace.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. The Knocking
  5. The Blade
  6. A River in Egypt
  7. Nebraska
  8. All Wondering
  9. The Spot
  10. Reading Chekhov
  11. Facts Toward Understanding the Spontaneous Human Combustion of Errol McGee
  12. The Botch
  13. Oklahoma
  14. The Gulch
  15. The Actor’s House
  16. The Junction
  17. About the Author
  18. Copyright

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