The Box Top Man

INFIDELITY
An insecure housewife falls for a man she won in a contest.

MURDER
A dying man delays breaking the truth to his wife in order to hear the juicy gossip of a neighborhood slaying.

BETRAYAL
A self-absorbed shrink is haunted by a childhood crime.

D’Agnese gives us three stories that read like Cheever gone from bad to worse, where disillusioned characters dwell in the realm of metro-suburban surreal.

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“D’Agnese writes the most unusual and interesting books.”—Bookviews