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The Barry Gifford Reader

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by Barry Gifford,

Edited by Thomas A. McCarthy,

Foreword by Andrei Codrescu

Seven Stories Press

Due/Published May 2003, 550 pages, paper

ISBN 1583225250

This anthology from one of America's foremost contemporary literary figures brims with an array of genre-crossing pieces including novel excerpts, short fiction, poetry, memoir, a screenplay excerpt, and an interview. For the first time together, here are excerpts from the six Sailor and Lula novels, dark tales from Night People, selected verse, and childhood stories from The Phantom Father. The screen-play excerpts are from Lost Highway, cowritten with David Lynch. Gifford's most recent novel, Wyoming, was named a Best Novel of the Year by the Los Angeles Times.