After his widely celebrated debut, *Mr. Peanut,* Adam Ross now presents a darkly compelling collection of stories about brothers, loners, lovers, and lives full of good intentions, misunderstandings, and obscured motives. A hotshot lawyer, burdened by years of guilt and resentment, comes to the res
Ladies and Gentlemen (Vintage Contemporaries)
โ Scribed by Adam Ross
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Alfred A. Knopf
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 137 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
A collection of stories includes the tales of a lonely professor who fears he is being made an accessory to murder and an adolescent who uses his brief career as a child actor to attract a girl.;Futures -- The rest of it -- The suicide room -- In the basement -- When in Rome -- Middleman -- Ladies and gentlemen.
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