High Infidelity: 24 Great Short Stories About Adultery By Some Of Our Best Contemporary Authors

by John McNally

An anthology of stories that share the common theme of adultery includes works by such well-known authors as John Updike, Margaret Atwood, Ethan Canin, Russell Banks, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Russell Banks, and Bharati Mukherjee.

Genres: Fiction

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

John McNally is the author of three novels (After the Workshop, America's Report Card and The Book of Ralph) and two story collections (Ghosts of Chicago and Troublemakers). He's written two books on writing: Vivid and Continuous: Essays and Exercise for Writing Fiction and The Creative Writer's Survival Guide: Advice from an Unrepentant Novelist He's edited six fiction anthologies, on subjects ranging from superheroes to baseball. He also writes screenplays and held a Chesterfield Writer's Film Project fellowship, sponsored by Paramount Pictures. A native of Chicago's southwest side, he presently lives and teaches in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Reviews

[Aidywi]

I selected this book because of some of the authors (TC Boyle, John Irving), but it was wholly depressing. A whole big ol' book about the myriad ways to cheat on your partner. A tough read.

[Margaux Tatin Blanc]

I had purchased this book a long time ago and enjoyed it...
Now rereading it i feel like a lot of the short stories are from the 1990s and have not passed the test of time...
Even the Margaret Atwood story seems to be glued into the 90s and its hallmarks and references, and not able to go anywhere...
Disappointing...
If cheating is as old as the world (did Eve cheat with the snake? its shape would suggest it!) the reasons to cheat and the way we tell the stories seem to be very much marked by the period when it happens...
or when it is told...

[Will]

There is a story in this book called "Dick York" by Max Garland. I can't find many of his short stories.

[Alicia]

Very mixed reaction to this book - it's well curated, but the overall impression is one of regret. It's fairly depressing.

[Sasha Strader]

Any collection of stories has the good and the bad. By and large I found this collection to be mediocre. A few hightlights being Spats (heartbreaking) and Hairball (creepy)

[Carol]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
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