In the Not Quite Dark: Stories

In the Not Quite Dark: Stories

<div>Following her prize-winning collection <I>Break Any Woman Down</I>, Dana Johnson returns with a collection of bold stories set mostly in downtown Los Angeles that examine large issues –love, class, race – and how they influence and define our most intimate moments. In “The Liberace Museum,€ a mixed-race couple leave the South toward the destination of Vegas, crossing miles of road and history to the promised land of consumption; in “Rogues,€ a young man on break from college lands in his brother€s Inland Empire neighborhood during a rash of unexplained robberies; in “She Deserves Everything She Gets,€ a woman listens to the strict advice given to her spoiled niece about going away to college, reflecting on her own experience and the night she lost her best friend; and in the collection€s title story, a man setting down roots in downtown L.A. is haunted by the specter of both gentrification and a young female tourist, whose body was found in the water tower of a neighboring building.<br><br>With deep insight into character, intimate relationships, and the modern search for personal freedom, <I>In the Not Quite Dark</I> is powerful new work that feels both urgent and timeless.<br></div>