First edition. 8vo. 215pp. Quarter-bound blue cloth over paper-covered boards, lettered in white to spine.
Five-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers' Association, "Book of the Year" Award, including in 1998 for this title. Collection of short stories set in the American West. The title story was the basis for the 2008 short film directed by Matthew James Clark, starring James Le Gros, Nathan Gamble, and Jodie Harwood. "A strong and distinctive vision of contemporary life in the isolated corners of the modern West." –Kirkus Reviews