In this striking debut collection, characters find unexpected moments of profound insight while navigating daily life."Clouther’s first collection of stories shows an 'old' talent -- meaning, his sophistication in treatment and technique and his wi...
Like Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad and Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Kevin Clouther's Maximum Speed moves across time and point of view to dramatize youth's aftershocks. The unifying presence in three characters' lives i...