Dogfight

A Los Angeles Times Notable Book: Short fiction by the author of Eveningland, "a writer of the first rank" (Esquire).

"These 10 distinctive and intensely affecting stories confirm Knight as a writer of significant gifts. In short narratives that invariably entice the reader with an arresting opening sentence, he establishes a solid sense of place, using the local color of his native Alabama, and transforms ordinary people into nearly mythic figures. The first story, 'Now You See Her,' set...