Dead Boys: Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316018807)

These hard-hitting, deeply felt stories follow straight arrows and outlaws, have-it-alls and outcasts, as they take stock of their lives and missteps and struggle to rise above their turbulent pasts. A salesman re-examines his tenuous relationship with his sister after she is brutally attacked. A house painter plans a new life for his family as he plots his last bank robbery. A drifter gets a chance at love when he delivers news of a barfly's death to the man's estranged daughter. A dissatisfied yuppie is oddly envious of his ex-con brother as they celebrate their first Christmas together.

Set in a Los Angeles depicted with aching clarity, Lange's stories are gritty, and his characters often less than perfect. Beneath their macho bravado, however, they are full of heart and heartbreak.

Author: Richard Lange
ISBN-10: 0316018805
ISBN-13: 9780316018807
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2008
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 11/16/2008 pg. 24