Russo, Richard — WHORE'S CHILD AND OTHER STORIES
Alfred A Knopf New York First Edition Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn at edges. ; A first collection of short fiction by the author of Empire Falls explores the mysteries and complexities of human behavior and motivation as he reveals the lives of his characters--a jaded Hollywood filmmaker, a precocious fifth-grader watching his parents' marriage disintegrate, a child forced into a harrowing cross-country escape, and a septuagenarian nun.; 225 pages