My Life Among the Apes
by Cary Fagan
ISBN 9781770860872 | 5.25" x 8" | TP w/ flaps | $22
Categories:Fiction - Literary, Fiction - Short Stories
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Synopsis
Cary Fagan began his literary career writing short stories, and now, after five novels, he returns to his first love.A woman leaves her husband, a retired judge, when he refuses to give up his passion for performing as a magician ("The Floating Wife").
A young man exiled from the downtown arts scene finds himself living in the suburbs in a community of new immigrants ("Shit Box").
A widow moves to New York to confront the woman who was her late husband's mistress ("The Brooklyn Revenge").
A bank manager in a bad situation turns to his childhood obsession with Jane Goodall for inspiration ("My Life Among the Apes").
