A Demon in My View

In this golden age of feel-good fiction, Len Gasparini's new story collection grapples with the dark paradoxes of truth and morality. He writes with a keen insight into human nature, while narrating the offbeat lives of his characters. In "Bet I Can Scare You" the horrifying revelation that arises out of a harmless game is told with Hitchcock's patience for psychological detail. A sexually jealous tattoo artist in New Orleans revenges himself on the woman he loves. The mixed up son of a New York crime boss becomes the "white sheep" of his family. Disturbing and starkly realistic, "A Demon in My View" reverberates with the unpredictability of human experience.