false 54510 5 <p>Among the characters you'll find in this collection of twelve stories by Tobias Wolff are a teenage boy who tells morbid lies about his home life, a timid professor who, in the first genuine outburst of her life, pours out her opinions in spite of a protesting audience, a prudish loner who gives an obnoxious hitchhiker a ride, and an elderly couple on a golden anniversary cruise who endure the offensive conviviality of the ship's social director.</p> <p>Fondly yet sharply drawn, Wolff's characters stumble over each other in their baffled yet resolute search for the "right path."</p> 412337 1976 In The Garden Of The North American Martyrs: Stories total:450|5:159|4:199|3:80|2:12|1:0| 450 1855 606 45 4 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 15:01:26 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 16:20:24 -0700 2009
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