Inappropriate Behavior

From a fresh and highly original voice, a debut collection of stories that illuminates the state of America today with an inscrutable, eerily clarifying light.

In 'Lubbock Is Not a Place of the Spirit, ' a Texas Tech student recognizable as John Hinckley, Jr. writes hundreds of songs for Jodie Foster as he grows increasingly estranged from reality. The young couple in 'The Thing About Norfolk, ' socially isolated after a cross-country move, are dismayed to find themselves unable to resist sexually deviant urges. And in the deeply touching title story, a husband's layoff stretches a couple to their limit as they struggle to care for their emotionally unbalanced young son. Set in cities across America and spanning the last half-century, this collection draws a bead on our national identity, distilling our obsessions, our hauntings, our universal predicament.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 03/11/2014
ISBN: 9781571311078
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.50w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/16/2013
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2014
Shelf Awareness 03/21/2014