cover image Easterns and Westerns: Short Stories by Glendon Swarthout

Easterns and Westerns: Short Stories by Glendon Swarthout

. Michigan State University Press, $26.95 (220pp) ISBN 978-0-87013-572-9

The posthumous Easterns and Westerns includes a novella and 13 stories by Glendon Swarthout, author of 16 novels including The Shootist and Where the Boys Are. His darkly humorous ""Death to Everybody Over Thirty"" tracks a student's guilt and indignation when he returns home for the funeral of a friend killed in Vietnam. The O. Henry Prize-winning ""A Glass of Blessings"" finds a group of spoiled college kids drinking their way through Europe on a cruise ship. Spanning more than 30 years, this collection is an excellent introduction to Swarthout, highlighting his remarkable versatility.