Lorrie Moore

Praise for Collected Stories

Moore writes with such psychological precision, such sharp, unsentimental knowledge of her characters' hopes and fears that she is able to invest these melodramatic situations with a heartfelt understanding of the p ...

New York Times

Lorrie Moore's stories pack more wit and tragicomic power into a single paragraph than most novels manage over fifteen chapters. Fabulous.

Helen Simpson

Hilarious and distressing, entertaining and wise ...

Roddy Doyle

Moore writes with such psychological precision, such sharp, unsentimental knowledge of her characters' hopes and fears that she is able to invest these melodramatic situations with a heartfelt understanding of the p ...

New York Times

Lorrie Moore's stories pack more wit and tragicomic power into a single paragraph than most novels manage over fifteen chapters. Fabulous.

Helen Simpson

Hilarious and distressing, entertaining and wise ...

Roddy Doyle

Moore writes with such psychological precision, such sharp, unsentimental knowledge of her characters' hopes and fears that she is able to invest these melodramatic situations with a heartfelt understanding of the p ...

New York Times

Lorrie Moore's stories pack more wit and tragicomic power into a single paragraph than most novels manage over fifteen chapters. Fabulous.

Helen Simpson

Hilarious and distressing, entertaining and wise ...

Roddy Doyle