Fiction Short Stories (single Author)
The Long Slide
Stories
- Publisher
- ECW Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2004
- Category
- Short Stories (single author)
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550226775
- Publish Date
- Oct 2004
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
The stories in this collection are portraits of men adrift—in their own fantasies, failures, and confusing successes. In the title story, a man's desire to bring an honorable end to a love affair is severely tested by the internal and external obstacles presented by a long summer afternoon. "My God, Richard Is Beautiful" follows the drifting, post-coital reflections of a young man who has just slept with his close friend's girlfriend, while "House Cleaning" enacts a comic psychodrama of love, antidepressants, and class warfare.
About the author
Contributor Notes
James Grainger is the review editor of Quill & Quire and has written for the Toronto Star and Canadian Hockey Magazine. He has been a books commentator on CBC Radio One, CBC Newsworld, and Book Television. His memoir "The Last Hippie" appeared in the anthology AWOL: Tales for Travel-Inspired Minds. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.