The Least You Need to Know: Stories

by Lee Martin

Book Overview

Selected by Amy Bloom as the winner of the 1995 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0964115131
• ISBN13: 9780964115132
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Sarabande Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Comparable to Salinger

One of the best short story collections I have read. Comparable in many ways to Salinger.

Dominant fathers with feet of clay and quirky artistic moms.

First off, this is a beautifully designed book, a wonderful art object in its own right. Most of the stories are set in the midwest, and feature troubled adolescent boys trying to figure out the world in the context of dysfunctional and poignant family settings. A great book for classroom use as well, due to the incredible imagination and storytelling skill-Lee Martin takes historical reality and asks "what if?"