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Short stories by Richard Yates, the man considered one of the masters of the form. These stories, first collected in 1981, take place during the 1940's, 50's, and 60's, and they include one of Yates's most celebrated works, "Oh, Joseph, I'm So Tired."
Industry Reviews
"There's no lack of variety in the seven wonderfully crafted stories in Richard Yates's LIARS IN LOVE....Yet for all their variety, the seven stories tend to coalesce into a single narrative. Partly this occurs because the details of incident are so astonishingly vivid..., there is something so precise and yet so off-center about the details that a reader half-consciously assumes that they all must have been taken from a single actual experience....[E]very detail of this collection stays alive and fresh in one's memory."
New York Times - Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (10/15/1981)
"Toward his more limited, ignorant characters Yates can be pitiless, even vindictive; but toward those who make an effort, however primitive, to retain their dignity...he is generous. They're not to blame, he implies; life in general is a shabby affair."
Atlantic Monthly - James Atlas (11/01/1981)
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