All the Lonely People: Collected Stories by Callaghan, Barry (preface by) Mararet Atwood - 2018

Holstein ON: Exile Editions, 2018. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Black boards with silver lettering (roughly) 8 1/4" by 6" (inches), no indication of reprint, Near Fine to Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine to Fine condition. "Callaghan's writing is wide ranging but often takes on the perspective of a marginalized individual's view of the human experience. These tales are told in a variety of voices: street hustlers, priests, blues singers, Holocaust survivors, cross-dressers, paramilitary snipers, even those we may euphemistically consider the "ordinary" - all of them authentic, & all would subscribe to the maxim that "happiness is overrated." The dialogue is true to speech as it is spoken, shot through with humour, piercing sadness & puzzling beauty." Check out the scans. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.