In 1969, twelve-year-old Seth lives with his unstable mother and two siblings in a two-bedroom apartment. His father, who has no interest in him, lives in a huge house with his French wife. Seth is dying to escape. But over the next several decades, ...
Adam Schwartz's debut collection The Rest Of the World introduces a writer whose ear is so pitch-perfectly trained to his characters it seems as if he's an angel eavesdropping from their rooftops. His cast heralds from every walk of life, from street...