Larger	Retribution: Stories Author: John Fulton
	Book Information Publisher: Picador Book Type: Hardcover Rating: 2 ISBN-13: 9780312276805 - ISBN-10: 031227680X Publication Date: 7/6/2001 Pages: 240

The stories in John Fulton's striking debut are set in cars, laundromats, motels, ranch houses, and roadside diners, where his characters struggle with the demands of family loyalty, love, loss, and sexual desire. A teenage girl attempts to lose her virginity while her mother dies at home; a middle-aged Casanova passes himself off as Barry Manilow -- much to the distress of his soon-to-be-fourth wife; two young boys accompany their increasingly unhinged mother on a journey of self-destruction across the Utah desert.Forthright and delicate, these stories mark the arrival of a welcome new talent in American fiction.AUTHORBIO: John Fulton grew up in Utah and Montana.He holds an MFA from the University of Michigan, where he teaches literature and writing.His stories have appeared in Zoetrope, Oxford American, and Sonora Review.