Better of Mcsweeney's

This book collects some of the best stories from the first ten issues of "McSweeney's Quarterly Concern," the literary journal that has become one of the country's most important and influential publications. "McSweeney's" began as a small collection of work rejected by other magazines, but it soon began to publish pieces primarily written for the journal, and to attract some of the finest writers in the country. Contributors to "Best of McSweeney's, Volume One include Jonathan Lethem, Glen David Gold, A. M. Homes, David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers, Amanda Davis, George Saunders, Paul Collins, and William Vollmann, as well as many talented newcomers. Stories included here have been selected for "The O. Henry Prize Stories and "The Best American Short Stories, and one was performed in a regional musical theater.McSweeney's Books Staff is the author of 'Better of Mcsweeney's ', published 2005 under ISBN 9781932416336 and ISBN 1932416331.