14 Stories

Stephen Dixon''s stories and novels have an original immediately recognizable sound and feel -a weird blend of Franz Kafka and Frank Capra. Readers of his previous work will find in 14 Stories that same wry inventive knife-edged humor that has come to characterize his distinctive style. With an adroit use of language and a keen eye for the quirky offbeat side of human nature Dixon creates a world as viewed through a fish-eye lens-slightly distorted and off-center yet recognizable and often familiar. 14 Stories is part comedy part tragedy part social comment and part spoof. But most of all it is a highly entertaining series of all-too-plausible vignettes that shows off Stephen Dixon''s remarkable talent at its best.