One With A Bullet
I love short stories, and so when I learned that Tobias Wolff had some new stories, and had released them in a collection with a selection of his earlier stories I didn't order it from Amazon. I didn't take advantage of my Amazon Prime account and its two-day delivery. No, I stopped by my local bookstore on the way home from work and purchased Our Story Begins: New And Selected Stories by Tobias Wolff. It includes one of my all time favorite short stories, "Bullet in the Brain," and you're in luck the New Yorker has a podcast of T. Coraghessan Boyle reading the story. Give it a listen, even if you're familar with the story Boyle's reading is excellent, and the discussion of the story is also interesting.
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What a treat that was. I had read the story before but it was nice to hear it read out loud by Boyle and hear the discussion about why he loved that particularly story. I am a big Wolff fan also.
I agree this was a treat, although this is the first-time I've heard the story. The discussion is also insightful. Thanks Norm.
Yes, Wolff rocks. What was that, a memoir or story, the one about his childhood? Leo Dicaprio did a great job in the movie version, with Bob DeNiro as his dad . . . was it just "A Boy's Life"?
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