PRIZE STORIES 1996: The O. Henry Awards

by William--Ed. Abrahams ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 17, 1996

The 76th installment of this evergreen--and 30th, and last, to be edited by the veteran Abrahams--contains 20 stories selected from 14 magazines (there are three each from the New Yorker and Atlantic Monthly, and the smaller quarterlies seem underrepresented). Token space is accorded typical fare from such well-known writers as Joyce Carol Oates, William Hoffman, and Ellen Douglas, but the standouts are Jane Smiley's uncharacteristically forthright ""The Life of the Body,"" Julie Schumacher's plaintive ""Dummies"" (excised from her novel The Body Is Water, 1995), and the collection's surprise first-prize winner--Stephen King's grimly funny, smartly written updating of Hawthorne, ""The Man in the Black Suit.

Pub Date: April 17, 1996

ISBN: 0385481829

Page Count: 416

Publisher: Anchor/Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 15, 1996

Categories: FICTION