Holding Pattern

by Jeffery Renard Allen

Book Overview

The world of Jeffery Renard Allen's stunning short-story collection is a place like no other. A recognizable city, certainly, but one in which a man might sprout wings or copper pennies might fall... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555975097
• ISBN13: 9781555975098
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

These Stories Aren't In a Holding Pattern, They Are Jetting In At Full Speed

This short story collection from the award winning writer Jeffery Renard Allen (/Rails Under My Back/), continues his run of hard hitting stories that refuse to stay within their assigned genres. He adds magic, unexplained occurrences - in /It Shall Be Again/ pennies fall from heaven, and in /Holding Pattern/ a character grows useless wings - but the stories that are "normal" still have magic, but that of language and insight. The language is often that of the inner city, gritty and direct, but not used for shock value, but because this is how it is where these stories were born and raised. Allen is a highly talented writer, and this collection has many stories that will sink into your conscience, returning at unexpected times when something prompts it.