Rock Springs

First published in Great Britain by Collins Harvill 1988

This electronic edition published in 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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These stories first appeared in the following magazines: ‘Going to the Dogs’ (Triquarterly, 1979); ‘Rock Springs’ (Esquire, 1982); ‘Winterkill’ (Esquire, 1983); ‘Fireworks’ (Esquire, 1982); ‘Communist’ (Antaeus, 1984); ‘Sweethearts’ (Esquire, 1986); ‘Empire’ (Granta, 1986); ‘Great Falls’ (Granta, 1987); ‘Children’ (New Yorker, 1987); ‘Optimists’ (New Yorker, 1987)

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