A Dry Heat - Williams, Gregory D. D.

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Résumé :
In Arizona, where the sun beats down 300 days a year, boys are becoming men. With moments of dry humor, this new story collection by award-winning author Gregory D. Williams provides a glimpse of boyhood and its lingering effects inside the man. The gentle irony and characters' keenly observed dilemmas reflect life in the dry heat of the Sonoran desert. When a Little League player takes direction from the team's star female player, he learns about rounding the bases. Seeking revenge, two boys set up a sting operation to catch a neighborhood bully, only to discover that their plan has deadly consequences. A medical student conducting a breast exam struggles to subdue his teenage fantasies. A man propositioned at a local Starbucks learns that even in middle age, the dry heat of love still burns. And there are more. If you like classic American stories that have the authentic feel of your favorite jeans, then you'll love the nine funny, wise, and humane short stories in this collection. Buy Gregory D. Williams's A Dry Heat today, and take a deep dive into the lives of boys and men. *For readers who enjoy the fiction of William Trevor, Alice Munro, Tobias Wolff, Ron Carlson, Margaret Atwood, Raymond Carver, Robert Boswell, and Charles Baxter....

Biographie:
Gregory D. Williams, MD, was the winner of Georgia College's 2010 Arts & Letters fiction prize. His fiction, essays, and poetry have appeared in Blue Mesa Review, Elysian Fields, American Fiction, Bosque, and the Journal of the American Medical Association. A graduate of Stanford University and the University of Arizona Medical School, he spent his teenage summers following baseball and whitewashing the trunks of citrus trees. When he was actively practicing medicine, Dr. Williams' specialty was anesthesiology, and he was the son of an anesthesiologist. Greg Williams began writing after his father's death. He approached writing with the same dedication that he devoted to his other interests: fly fishing, photography, guitar, and home automation. The father of four and married to his high school sweetheart, Dr. Williams passed away in 2020....