Walks With Men: Fiction

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From bestselling author Ann Beattie comes an intense, knockout novella that perfectly captures a time and a place New York in the ’80s.It is 1980 in New York City, and Jane, a valedictorian fresh out of Harvard, strikes a deal with Neil, an intoxicating writer twenty years her senior. The two quickly become lovers, living together in a Chelsea brownstone, and Neil reveals the rules for a life well lived: If you take food home from a restaurant, don t say it s because you want leftovers for “the dog.” Say that you want the bones for “a friend who does autopsies.” If you can t stand on your head (which is best), learn to do cartwheels. Have sex in airplane bathrooms. Wear only raincoats made in England. Neil s certainties, Jane discovers, mask his deceptions. Her true education begins. “One of our era s most vital masters of the short form” ( The Washington Post ), Beattie brilliantly captures a time, a place and a style of engagement. Her voice is original and iconic.

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