These stories mark the return of Mark Costello's now-legendary creation Michael Murphy, the character who first appeared in the acclaimed collection The Murphy Stories. Joyce Carol Oates wrote in the Washington Post Book World, "Murphy is a ...
This fictional work tells the story of Jake, a very self-deprecating and incredibly hesitant hero, who eventually comes good. The book begins with Jake setting the context for his long tale, a story of his personal development, through adversity. Dra...