
This masterly volume comprises the best shorter fiction written by Just over the last 25 years. "The working life, the war, politics, love affairs, and marriage seem to be the waters in which my boats set sail," Just writes. Here is a generous selection of the work that has earned Just his reputation as "one of the most astute writers of American fiction."
"Fiction that for its ambition and insight is unique in American letters." Boston Globe
"Masterpieces of balance, focus, and hidden order." The Chicago Tribune --