The Rainbow Stories

William T. Vollmann. Penguin Books, $22 (560pp) ISBN 978-0-14-017154-9

Knockout stories and report age conjure up skinheads, prostitutes and biblical martyrs.from the prodigious Voll man, who has three hardcovers due out this year. Pantheon, Viking, and FSG are brining have forthcoming Vollmann hard covers. (July)

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