Instructions for a funeral : stories

Means, David 1961- (author.).

Summary:

"A collection of harrowing and personal stories by the O. Henry Prize-winning author David Means."

In this collection of short stories, Means branches out beyond the explorations of violence and trauma with which he is often identified. He prominently displays his sly humor in tales about fatherhood, marriage, a homeless brother, the nature of addiction, and the death of a friend at the hands of a serial-killer nurse. -- adapted from jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9780374279813
ISBN: 0374279810
Physical Description: 189 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references on title page verso.
Formatted Contents Note:	Confessions -- Fistfight, Sacramento, August 1950 -- The chair -- The terminal artist -- Fatherhood: three -- Farewell, my brother -- The Mighty Shannon -- Instructions for a funeral -- El Morro -- The butler's lament -- The ice committee -- The tree line, Kansas, 1934 -- Carver & Cobain -- Two ruminations on a homeless brother.