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Book SynopsisPoetic, insightful, and deeply moving. David Means is one of my very favorite writers. -Tara Westover, author of Educated
Following the publication of his widely acclaimed, Man Booker-nominated novel Hystopia, David Means here returns to his signature form: the short story. Thanks to his four previous story collections, Means has won himself an international reputation as one of the most innovative short fiction writers working today: an established master of the form. (Laura Miller, The Guardian). Instructions for a Funeral-featuring work from The New Yorker, Harper's, The Paris Review, and VICE-finds Means branching out beyond the explorations of violence and trauma with which he is often identified, prominently displaying his sly humor and his inimitable way of telling tales that deliciously wind up to punch the reader in the heart. With each story Means pushes into new territory, writing with tenderness and co
