Set largely in rural Louisiana, Tim Gautreaux\'s masterful debut story collection follows men and women whose ordinary lives reach a point of rupture, a moment when convention gives way to crisis and everything changes: A drunken train engineer charges toward disaster, a father borrows and old airplane to chase down his daughter\'s kidnapper, a young man falls in love with a voice on the radio.
Written with humor, suspense, and a powerful affection for humanity in all its wild forms, Same.
Set largely in rural Louisiana, Tim Gautreaux\'s masterful debut story collection follows men and women whose ordinary lives reach a point of rupture, a moment when convention gives way to crisis and everything changes: A drunken train engineer charges toward disaster, a father borrows and old airplane to chase down his daughter\'s kidnapper, a young man falls in love with a voice on the radio