Inappropriate behavior : stories / Murray Farish

Author: Farish, Murray, 1968-
Uniform Title: Short stories. Selections
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2014.
Edition: First edition.
Physical Description: 1 online resource

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Contents

The Passage -- Ready for Schmelling -- Lubbock Is Not a Place of the Spirit -- The Thing about Norfolk -- Mayflies -- I Married an Optimist -- Charlie's Pagoda -- The Alternative History Club -- Inappropriate Behavior.

Summary

The characters in Inappropriate Behavior teeter on the brink of sanity, while those around them reach out in support, watch helplessly, or duck for cover. In their loneliness, Murray Farish's characters cast about for a way to connect, to be understood, though more often than not, things go horribly wrong. Some of the characters come from the darkest recesses of American history. 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. Other character.

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9781571319029 (electronic bk.)
1571319026 (electronic bk.)

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