A Man of Middle Age and Twelve Stories Author:Patricia Zelver “… Patricia Zelver’s humor is like a kitten hiding behind the sofa waiting to dart out and take a couple of slaps and dash back in. Her stories make me do what I practically never do, laugh out loud (What’s to laugh at most of the time?).” —Wallace Stegner The stories in A Man of Middle Age are all distinctive, befitting a fi... more »ve-time winner of O. Henry Prize Story Awards. “Patricia Zelver created Same Winkle, a man of middle age, with style and masterful economy in the title novella. It is a minor classic.” —San Francisco Chronicle« less