The Business of Naming Things

“Riveting . . . vibrant and unsparing.” —Publishers Weekly (starred and boxed review)

“Superb. . . . Startlingly original.” —Library Journal (starred review)

“Once I started reading these stories, I couldn’t stop. They absorbed me thoroughly, with their taut narratives and evocative language—the language of a poet.” —JAY PARINI, author of Jesus: The Human Face of God and The Last Station

“Sherwood Anderson would recognize this world of lonely, longing characters, whose surface lives Coffey ten...