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• The Pleasures of a Destroyed City

  Short story featuring Joseph Beauchemin, an American expatriate in London, and Dolores, in their apartment in the wake of a public protest. The ways in which they struggle to know one another and to make themselves known - or not - amidst death, politics, and sex. From the author of "The Country," "The Family," and the recent memoir, "American Ghosts."

  Tags Death and Disaster, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Literary Works -- Fiction, Literary Works -- Short fiction, London ENG

• The Tent in the Wind

  Short story that finds James Briggs in London receiving a New York phone call in the nighttime from the mother of his ex-wife, Joanna, an expatriate in London, alerting him to Joanna's attempt at suicide across town.

  Tags Alcohol and Drugs, Family, Health and Wellness, Literary Works -- Fiction, Literary Works -- Short fiction, London ENG, New York NY
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  The Tent in the Wind

  Short story that finds James Briggs in London receiving a New York phone call in the nighttime from the mother of his ex-wife, Joanna, an expatriate in London, alerting him to Joanna's attempt at suicide across town.

  Tags Alcohol and Drugs, Family, Health and Wellness, Literary Works -- Fiction, Literary Works -- Short fiction, London ENG, New York NY
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  The Pleasures of a Destroyed City

  Short story featuring Joseph Beauchemin, an American expatriate in London, and Dolores, in their apartment in the wake of a public protest. The ways in which they struggle to know one another and to make themselves known - or not - amidst death, politics, and sex. From the author of "The Country," "The Family," and the recent memoir, "American Ghosts."

  Tags Death and Disaster, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Literary Works -- Fiction, Literary Works -- Short fiction, London ENG