Book description
In Fun with Problems, Robert Stone demonstrates once again that he is "one of our greatest living writers" (Los Angeles Times). The pieces in this new volume vary greatly in lengthāsome are almost novellas, others no more than a pageābut all shareĀ the signature blend of longing, violence, black humor,ā¦
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Stone is not known as a short story writer, so the quality, structure, variety and originality of these was surprising
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