What Becomes - Vintage Contemporaries Author:A. L. Kennedy A New York Times Notable Book — A San Francisco Chroncile Book of the Year — Twice selected for Granta?s list of Best Young British Novelists and winner of the Costa Book Award, A. L. Kennedy returns with a not-to-be-missed addition to the canon of one of this generation?s most unique and inventive writers. — — A man abandons his indifferent wife ... more »and wanders into a small-town movie theater, only to find himself just as invisible as he was at home. A woman trying to relax in a flotation tank is hijacked by memories of her past, while another is inadvertently drawn into a stranger?s marital dysfunction. Whether documenting unexpected one-night stands or quotidian absurdities, the powerful stories in What Becomes capture the spirit of our times with unmatched brio and dazzling wit.« less