The Tennessee Waltz and Other Stories
Alan Cheuse. Southern Methodist University Press, $10.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-87074-340-5
Poignant stories that reveal a middle-class, gritty Southwest. (Nov.)
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Reviewed on: 09/28/1992
Genre: Fiction
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