The Whore's Child: and Other Stories
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ISBN: 0375411682 / Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, July 2002
A collection of short fiction explores the lives of a variety of characters, including a jaded Hollywood filmmaker, a precocious fifth-grader watching his parents' marriage disintegrate, and a child forced into a harrowing cross-country escape.
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A first collection of short fiction by the author of Empire Falls explores the mysteries and complexities of human behavior and motivation as he reveals the lives of his characters--a jaded Hollywood filmmaker, a precocious fifth-grader watching his parents' marriage disintegrate, a child forced into a harrowing cross-country escape, and a septuagenarian nun. 50,000 first printing.
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