Set in the wide open landscapes of Spain, Africa, and the American Midwest. The 19 stories include: A Clean, Well-Lighted Place; A Way You'll Never Be; Now I Lay Me; Fathers and Sons; An Alpine Idyll; A Pursuit Race; Today Is Friday; BanalStory; After the Storm; The Light of the World; God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen; The Sea Change; The Mother of a Queen; One Reader Writes; Homage to Switzerland; A Day's Wait; A Natural History of the Dead; Wine of Wyoming; and The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio. "Deeply satisfying. Stacy Keach is the perfect reader."—AudioFile