“Janice Shapiro’s stories are darkly funny, sexy and very smart”
— Tom Perotta

“This amazingly gutsy, fully voiced book bears comparison with the best work of Antonya Nelson, Mary Gaitskill, Lydia Davis, Amy Hempel and Lorrie Moore.”
— David Shields

“BUMMER is terrifically smart, with a kind of comic energy that can swerve at any moment into eloquent brokenheartedness. I loved this book”
— Charles Baxter
 

BUMMER

THE DEBUT SHORT-STORY COLLECTION

by JANICE SHAPIRO

NOW AVAILABLE · from SOFT SKULL PRESS
 
 
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