Equal Love

Peter Ho Davies's award-winning debut collection, *The Ugliest House in the World*, drew comparisons to the work of Raymond Carver, James Joyce, and V. S. Naipaul. The *Washington Post* hailed it as "astounding . . . Davies has left a unique, definitive footprint in the soil of contemporary short fiction." In his new collection, Davies's unforgettable characters—a Chinese son gambling with professional mourners, a mixed-race couple who experience a close encounter—strive for a love that transcends time, race, and sexuality. These are the stories of a sandwich generation—children of one century, adults of the next—caught between debts to their parents and what they owe their own offspring. Shot through with humor and grace, *Equal Love* confirms Davies's reputation as one of his generation's foremost writers.