The Angel of Rome by Jess Walter Paperback Book 9780241998229

In this dazzling collection of stories a son must repeatedly come out to his senile father while looking for a place that will care for the old man An elderly couple confronts the notetaking fiction writer eavesdropping on their conversation A famous actor in recovery has a onenight stand with the worlds most surprising film critic And in the beautifully romantic title story a shy twentyoneyearold studying Latin in Rome during quotthe year of my reinventionquot finds himself facetoface with the gorgeous Italian actress of his adolescent dreamsFunny poignant and redemptive this collection takes the reader to Italy and Idaho Washington and Mississippi With his signature wit and bighearted approach to the darkest parts of humanity Walter tackles the modern condition with a timeless touch