The best book I've read lately...
October/21/06 17:31
Is the short-story collection Coronado by Dennis Lehane. I'm a big fan of Lehane's hard-hitting novels, especially Mystic River, but was surprised to learn that he's also a first-rate short story writer and that he also writes plays, the title piece in this book. Bravo to any writer who branches out in multiple directions. The book isn't getting a lot of great reviews yet but I think it's worth checking out, especially the stories "Running out of Dog" and "Until Gwen."