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Plan B for the Middle Class: Stories

by Ron Carlson · 1992

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In his new collection of quirky, bittersweet stories, Carlson observes the men and women of the middle class, people who find themselves settling uneasily into lives they never envisioned for themselves. Carlson uncannily captures the complexity of his characters' inner lives.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Mood
quirkyquirkyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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