Cast a Cold Eye

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Publication Year:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781480438323

<DIV><B>Seven &ldquo;remarkable&rdquo; stories from the bestselling author of <I>The Group</I> (<I>The New York Times</I>).</B><BR /> ?<BR /> Two American tourists find themselves seriously befuddled by their unorthodox Italian guide. ?A hospitalized graduate student turns the sounds of pain and despair into music. A family is tragically taken apart, and then reformed, by a deadly outbreak of influenza. The short fiction in this collection, some of it autobiographical in inspiration, reflects both the adept, witty storytelling and the insightful social commentary of <I>New York Times</I>&ndash;bestselling author Mary McCarthy.<BR /><BR /> A National Book Award finalist known for such novels as <I>Birds in America</I> and <I>The Groves of Academe</I>&mdash;as well as memoir (<I>Memories of a Catholic Girlhood</I>) and travel writing (<I>Venice Observed</I>)&mdash;McCarthy shows in <I>Cast a Cold Eye</I> why she has been called &ldquo;a brilliant writer with a rare talent for corrosive satire&rdquo; (<I>The Atlantic Monthly</I>).<BR /> &#160;<DIV><I>This ebook features an illustrated biography of Mary McCarthy including rare images from the author&rsquo;s estate.</I></DIV><DIV>&#160;</DIV></DIV>