01758cam a2200289 i 4500 1846775341 TxAuBib 20230926120000.0 200701s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020029057 9781938235696 hardcover 193823569X hardcover DLC eng DLC DLC TLC rda TxAuBib rda Singleton, George, 1958-, Author. Short stories Selections local)tlcaut3314415655701600. You want more : selected stories / George Singleton. Spartanburg, SC : Hub City Press, [2020] xiii, 366 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "With his signature darkly acerbic and sharp-witted humor, George Singleton has built a reputation as one of the most astute and wise observers of the South. Now Tom Franklin introduces this master of the form with a compilation of acclaimed and prize-winning short fiction spanning twenty years and eight collections, including stories originally published in outlets like the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Playboy, the Georgia Review, the Southern Review, and many more. These stories bear the influence of Flannery O'Connor and Raymond Carver, at other times Lewis Nordan and Donald Barthelme, and touch on the mysteries of childhood, the complexities of human relationships, and the absurdity of everyday life, with its inexorable defeats and small triumphs"--. Provided by publisher. 20230926. Manners and customs Fiction. Southern States Social life and customs Fiction. Short stories.