cover image Twenty-One Selected Stories

Twenty-One Selected Stories

Ward S. Just. Ivy Books, $5.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-8041-0805-8

Written between 1972 and 1989 and set in centers of power, such as Capitol Hill and Chicago's moneyed North Shore, these stories portray successful ``insiders'' whose ambition and cynicism are often balanced with romantic notions. According to PW : ``Sophisticated and developed with consummate skill . . .the narratives unfurl with bravura pacing. '' (Aug.)