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Fiction Short Stories (single Author)

The Long Slide

Stories

by (author) James Grainger

Publisher
ECW Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2004
Category
Short Stories (single author)
  • 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.