These People Are Us

Once you start reading George Singleton''s eagerly awaited first book of stories a strange thing happens: You discover that the characters sound like people you know--people who are trying hard to make sense of modern absurdities. With a style all his own Singleton fashions a world that wins our hearts but teases our senses: how to find a black-market sonogram so your pregnant wife won''t find out you accidentally taped over the original; how to help your father and everyone else in town fake being hit by a tornado to get emergency government funds; and why not to look for your next wife at your local recycling center. Step into Singleton''s world and you''ll see why he is earning a reputation as one of the funniest wisest and most surprising Southern writers of his generation--and why he was named one of the new writers you need to know by Book Magazine.