The Wonders of the Invisible World

The author of the highly acclaimed novelsJernigan(Pulitzer Prize Finalist) andPreston Falls(National Book Critics Cirlce Award Finalist) offers up a mordantly funny collection of short stories about the faulty bargains we make with ourselves to continure the high-wire act of living meaningful lives in late twentieth-century America. Populated by highly educated men and women in combat with one another, with substance abuse, and above all with their own relentless self-awareness, the stories inThe Wonders of the Invisible Worldtake place in and around New York City, and put urbanism into uneasy conflict with a fleeting dream of rural happiness. Written with style and ferocious black humor, they confirm David Gates as one of the best-and funniest-writers of our time.

David Gates lives in New York City and in Granville, New York.