Sophomore Tom Brautigan couldn't wait to get back to Chandler College. Away from his parents' divorce. Away from his suicidal brother. Back to the relative insanity of dorm life. Senior Elsie Barnum is just a few months away from graduation. After a string of bad decisions, including sleeping with a professor, Elsie grows increasingly desperate in her outlook on life. Both Tom and Elsie are searching for something at Chandler College...is it each other?
The bulk of the collection is eight short stories that are set in yesteryear. The compilation is filled out with four entertaining fantasy pieces and three poems.
Soldier's Gap is a non-traditional mystery with literary elements. The high school principal is brutally murdered, but Deputy Sheriff Dave Jenkins's search for meaning and love is a much more significant theme.
"Murder isn't usually this fun
In this eccentric tale set in a small town in northern India, Pawan Mishra masterfully weaves ingenuity and sarcasm in a manner that’s simultaneously hilarious and tragic.
