<p>Andre Dubus has reached that point in the affection and dependence of his readers that argument is always breaking out over which tale or tales are his best. This is the sign of signs in a writer's reputation. It means he's been acknowledged as one of the authentic voices of his generation, a writer to whom readers and critics alike turn to discover how they feel. The four novellas and two stories of The Last Worthless Evening deepen Dubus's hold on his material, and so are bound to lengthen that frequently debated list of his "best" among his advocates. <br><br>The range in this new book is greater than in any previous Dubus collection. The novellas begin in the Navy, where two young officers (one white, one black) discover each other on the changing terrain of residual racism; offer shrewd homage to the detective story in Dubus's patented territory northwest of Boston; move on to the life of a suburban girl coming beautifully of age as her mother doesn't; and finish with a magnificent defense of her life and children by a woman who refuses defeat at the hands of her brutal and pathetic husband. The stories tell about a Hispanic shortstop lost among the gringos on a major-league team, and show what happens to an eleven-year-old kid when he meets up with a broken, angry, and decidedly dangerous Vietnam vet who takes him into a local bar for a treat.</p>

The Last Worthless Evening

Andre Dubus

Crown, Publishers

We Don't Live Here Anymore: The Novellas of Andre Dubus (Picador Books)

Literature & Fiction

Short Stories & Anthologies

Macmillan

A breaved father stalks his son's killer. A woman cries alone by her television screen. A devout teenager wrestles with his faith and sexuality. Here, in these twenty-three stories, Andre Dubus turns fiction into an act of compassion. For readers new to Dubus, this is the perfect starting point. For fans of his, this is an essential, must-have collection.

Selected Stories (Picador Books)

Contemporary

Picador

The critically acclaimed author presents a collection of twenty-two tales peopled with decidedly unglamorous characters living north of Boston who everyday fight the small struggles of their lives

Selected Stories

Broken Vessels: Essays by Andre Dubus

Andre Dubus is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest American short-story writers of our age; Dancing After Hours is his first collection for nearly a decade. In each of these fourteen stories, Dubus uncovers the mystery of ordinary life as his characters wrestle with love, faith and luck. Whether at a roadside bar or a family camp, in the everyday rigors of domesticity or its violent extremes, these lives unfold with an inevitability that is moving, sometimes redemptive and always surprising. Dancing After Hours is a remarkable achievement, a literary event combining great artistry and singular humanity.

Dancing After Hours

House of Sand and Fog

William Heinemann, Ltd.

The Garden Of Last Days

Meditations from a Movable Chair : Essays (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)

Thorndike Press

House of Sand and Fog. Film Tie-in.

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Andre Dubus. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Andre Dubus