The Best Seats in the House: And Other Stories

Read this book! One of the best short story collections published in a decade. There is not a single weak link in THE BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE. It is rare to accomplish in one story what Morris achieves in every story here. There is resounding psychological depth in his depictions of characters who have held off their deepest feelings for too long and are, at last, overtaken by them. Each passage is surprisingly, quietly moving, whether the story is about lost love ("Losing Julia Finch"), or about the disappearance of a life plan and the appearance of another ("Objects Past the Shoreline" and "The Children of Dead State Troopers"), or about the raptures and unbearable pressures of family ("The Best Seats in the House" and "Astronauts").