All but one of these seven stories and one novella take place in small towns in North Carolina, and all of them concern ordinary people teetering upon the knowledge of their own insignificance. First published in 1965, this second collection of short fiction by Doris Betts evinces her breathtaking mastery of the genre.
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All but one of these seven stories and one novella take place in small towns in North Carolina, and all of them concern ordinary people teetering upon the knowledge of their own insignificance. First published in 1965, this second collection of short fiction by Doris Betts evinces her breathtaking mastery of the genre.
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Very Good in Good jacket. A Very Good copy in black cloth, in a Good dust jacket (not price-clipped), with a chip at the top inner corner of the front panel, not affecting lettering. Owner's name inside the front cover (hidden by the jacket flap), sound binding, clean/unmarked within. Not ex-library.
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Near Fine jacket. 242 pages. Seven short stories and a novella. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a dust jacket with minor edge wear, thus near fine.
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Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 8vo 8 1/4"x 5 3/8" black cloth w/ star image on front, lettering on spine, in gilt; mustard endpapers, fore-edge untrimmed; 8 stories, 242 pgs; price-clipped, aqua-blue dust jacket w/ silver specks. quotes by Wilma Dykeman Stokely & John Ehle on back cover.