Funny, immersive, tragic, and formally impressive—that final moment that twists the knife! the slow unfurling of the narrator’s identity in the group!—this story from Packer’s first collection, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, has become a modern classic, and it’s just as effective now as it was when it was first published 20 years ago. If ... More @Wikipedia
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