The Wonders of the Invisible World. Stories.

First edition. Crown 8vo. Pp. [xii], 258, [1]. Quarter-bound green cloth over teal paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt to spine; untrimmed fore-edge. Jacket design by Chip Kidd and John Gall with blurbs by Nick Hornby, Michael Wood, Joseph Heller and Michiko Kakutani to rear panel (priced $23.00 on front flap).

Nominated for the National Books Critics Circle Award. A collection of short stories by the author of Jernigan (Pulitzer Prize finalist), and Preston Falls (National Book Critics Circle Award finalist). Some of these stories originally appeared in slightly different form in publications such as Esquire, GQ, Grand Street, Ploughshares, and TriQuarterly. While a portion of the story, Vigil first appeared in the on-line magazine Atlantic Unbound. "A true heir to both Raymond Carver and John Cheever." –New York