Short Stories: Five Decades

Irwin Shaw
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Featuring sixty-three stories spanning five decades, this superb collection--including "Girls in Their Summer Dresses," "Sailor Off the Bremen," and "The Eighty-Yard Run"--clearly illustrates why Shaw is considered one of America's finest short-story writers.
Genres: Short StoriesFictionAmericanClassicsLiterature
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