David Means

• Jun-1991
• / General Fiction
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A young American couple in Spain becomes entranced by an adolescent beauty while their marriage falls apart, and a young man comes to terms with his deceased uncle's homosexuality in this collection of short stories...

• Oct-2005
• / General Fiction
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An extraordinary collection of short stories from an author who is set to become one of America’s leading literary voices.In the tradition of Raymond Carver or Tobias Wolff, these are all-encompassing stories of the American psyche, of love and los...

• Nov-2006
• / General Fiction
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Upon its publication, Assorted Fire Events won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, and received tremendous critical praise. Ranging across America, taking in a breathtaking array of voices and exp...

• Jun-2010
• / Literary
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The Spot is an old blacksmith shed in which three men tweeze apart the intricacies of a botched bank robbery. The Spot is a park on the Hudson River, where two lovers sense their affair is about to come to an end.The Spot is at the bottom of Niagara ...

• Apr-2016
• / Literary
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At the bitter end of the 1960s, after surviving multiple assassination attempts, President John F. Kennedy is entering his third term in office. The Vietnam War rages on, and the president has created a vast federal agency, the Psych Corps, dedicated...

• Mar-2019
• / General Fiction
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Following the publication of his widely acclaimed, Man Booker-nominated novel HYSTOPIA, David Means here returns to his signature form: the short story. Thanks to his four previous story collections, Means has won himself an international reputation ...

• Mar-2019
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• Sep-2022
• / General Fiction
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Finalist for the 2023 Joyce Carol Oates PrizeA new collection of stories by David Means, a visionary "master of the form" (The Observer). Two nurses meet in the hospital parking lot to share a cigarette. They flirt and imagine a future together. They...

• Sep-2023
• / General Fiction
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Finalist for the 2023 Joyce Carol Oates PrizeA new collection of stories by David Means, a visionary master of the form (The Observer). Two nurses meet in the hospital parking lot to share a cigarette. They flirt and imagine a future together. They t...