Back to the Future — Barbara Nadel

Poor Old Frankie, Oggy and On the District are three short stories, written by Barbara Nadel, under the collective title Back to the Future. In one way or another, all the stories feature people who cannot or do not want to escape from their pasts. In these stories, people act sometimes out of character, sometimes violently, as they attempt to either punish past misdemeanors or appeal to those in the past who can help them now, in the present. Such attempts have variable success...