I'm a Fool to Want You: Stories Fables "A tremendously gifted writer whose

"A tremendously gifted writer whose highly personal voice should excite us in much the same way that Raymond Carver's or Jeffrey Eugenides's voice did when we first heard it

and that no one can truly escape his fate

making it the perfect book for bedtime

" To yoke mind and body

Perhaps that's why she begins hearing voices in her room at night--and seeing strange things that can't be explained away by stress or anxiety or the number of drinks she's been consuming

I'm a Fool to Want You: Stories Fables "A tremendously gifted writer whoseThese dazzling stories from the internationally acclaimed author of Bad Girls erase the fine line between fantasy and reality, and establish her as an impressive literary voice. In the 1990s, a woman makes a living as a rental girlfriend for gay men. In a Harlem den, a travesti gets to know none other than Billie Holiday. A group of rugby players haggle over the price of a night of sex, and in return they get what they deserve. Nuns, grandmothers,