Synopsis:

In the title story of this collection, neighborhood boys crouch in a backyard toolshed and conspire to prove their piano teachers to be witches. In “Cannibal Kings,” a disillusioned young man accompanies a troubled boy on a tour of prep schools through the Pacific Northwest, only to realize that he has lost his way in life. And in “Come Live With Me and Be My Love,” a middle-aged gentleman looks back at his mannered early life as a Ivy Leaguer, married to a vivacious woman but silently yearning for his best friend—and the sacrifices that each made to uphold their compromising bargain.

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Topics/Categories:

Compromise, Love, Marriage, Pacific Northwest, Prep Schools, Witches

Type of Work:

Book

Publishers:

Picador USA

Purchase From:

Amazon

Original Publish Date:

2000-04-01

ISBNs:

0312241267

Formats:

Hardcover, Paperback