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Synopsis
In this collection of 11 stories, each male protagonist struggles for moral and emotional strength to cope with a universe gone awry. Some of Weaver's characters win in the end, some fail, but all of their tales depict their confrontations with self and surroundings.
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Author of four novels and numerous short-story collections, including Four Decades and Last Stands, Gordon Weaver is Adjunct Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Recognition of his work includes two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, the O. Henry First Prize, the St. Lawrence Award for Fiction, and numerous other prizes and citations. Cadence, the 1991 movie starring Martin and Charlie Sheen, is based on Weaver's novella Count a Lonely Cadence.
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Long Odds : Stories
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University of Missouri Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0826212913
ISBN 13: 9780826212917
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