How It Was

In the title story of this collection, neighborhood boys crouch in a backyard toolshed, and conspire to prove their piano teachers to be witches. In "Cannibal Kings," a disillusioned young man accompanies a troubled boy on a tour of prep schools through the Pacific Northwest, only to realize that he has lost his way in life. And in "Come Live With Me And Be My Love," a middle-aged gentleman looks back at his mannered early life as a Ivy Leaguer, married to a vivacious woman but silently yearning for his best friend -- and the sacrifices that each made to uphold their compromising bargain.

With a classic storyteller's gift for nuance and understanding, and a poet's grace for language, Andrew Sean Greer makes a remarkable debut with How It Was For Me.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 04/01/2001
ISBN: 9780312241261
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d

Review Citations: New York Times 04/29/2001 pg. 24