false 15590 1 <div>This book collects some of the best stories from the first ten issues of <i>McSweeney's Quarterly Concern,</i> the literary journal that has become one of the country's most important and influential publications. <i>McSweeney's</i> began as a small collection of work rejected by other magazines, but it soon began to publish pieces primarily written for the journal, and to attract some of the finest writers in the country. Contributors to <i>Best of McSweeney's, Volume One</i> include Jonathan Lethem, Glen David Gold, A. M. Homes, David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers, Amanda Davis, George Saunders, Paul Collins, and William Vollmann, as well as many talented newcomers. Stories included here have been selected for <i>The O. Henry Prize Stories</i> and <i>The Best American Short Stories,</i> and one was performed in a regional musical theater.</div> 17438 1 11 2005 The Better of McSweeney's, Volume 1 total:207|5:55|4:102|3:45|2:5|1:0| 207 828 310 22 0 1 false false Mon Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Oct 11 20:55:22 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 20:55:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 18:34:21 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 21:24:32 -0700 2009
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