High Infidelity: 24 Great Short Stories About Adultery By Some Of Our Best Contemporary Authors

by John McNally

High Infidelity brings together twenty-four irresistible stories on the subject of marital betrayal by such virtuosos as John Updike, Margaret Atwood, T. Coraghessan Boyle, and Russell Banks, as well as new voices like Abby Bardi and Gregg Palmer, and even a never-before-published story by Richard Russo, author of Nobody's Fool. This collection embraces poignance and passion, the utterly unexpected and the sadly inevitable -- in short, the whole complicated, contradictory world that unfolds when men and women break their vows.

Genres: Fiction

368 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

John McNally is the author of three novels (After the Workshop, America's Report Card and The Book of Ralph) and two story collections (Ghosts of Chicago and Troublemakers). He's written two books on writing: Vivid and Continuous: Essays and Exercise for Writing Fiction and The Creative Writer's Survival Guide: Advice from an Unrepentant Novelist He's edited six fiction anthologies, on subjects ranging from superheroes to baseball. He also writes screenplays and held a Chesterfield Writer's Film Project fellowship, sponsored by Paramount Pictures. A native of Chicago's southwest side, he presently lives and teaches in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Reviews

[Aidywi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I selected this book because of some of the authors (TC Boyle, John Irving), but it was wholly depressing. A whole big ol' book about the myriad ways to cheat on your partner. A tough read.

[Margaux Tatin Blanc]

I had purchased this book a long time ago and enjoyed it...
Now rereading it i feel like a lot of the short stories are from the 1990s and have not passed the test of time...
Even the Margaret Atwood story seems to be glued into the 90s and its hallmarks and references, and not able to go anywhere...
Disappointing...
If cheating is as old as the world (did Eve cheat with the snake? its shape would suggest it!) the reasons to cheat and the way we tell the stories seem to be very much marked by the period when it happens...
or when it is told...

[Will]

There is a story in this book called "Dick York" by Max Garland. I can't find many of his short stories.

[Alicia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very mixed reaction to this book - it's well curated, but the overall impression is one of regret. It's fairly depressing.

[Sasha Strader · Rating 3 out of 5]

Any collection of stories has the good and the bad. By and large I found this collection to be mediocre. A few hightlights being Spats (heartbreaking) and Hairball (creepy)

[Carol]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
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