Joe Baker Is Dead: Stories

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Summary: Stories that make you want to live it up
Review: One of Mary Troy's sympathetic and world-weary characters says near the end of the book that understanding your luck in being alive makes you "want to live it up." So does this collection of stories set in St. Louis. Though many of her characters are lonely, confused or down-at-the-heels, Troy portrays them full-on, with their own humor and grace to console us in the reading. To write simply is like hitting the bullseye--it's always harder than it looks, and Troy shoots for the targets of Welty, early Faulkner and even Chekhov. Buy and enjoy.

Rating:
Summary: Stories that make you want to live it up
Review: One of Mary Troy's sympathetic and world-weary characters says near the end of the book that understanding your luck in being alive makes you "want to live it up." So does this collection of stories set in St. Louis. Though many of her characters are lonely, confused or down-at-the-heels, Troy portrays them full-on, with their own humor and grace to console us in the reading. To write simply is like hitting the bullseye--it's always harder than it looks, and Troy shoots for the targets of Welty, early Faulkner and even Chekhov. Buy and enjoy.