I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down

I Hate To See That Evening Sun Go Down

BY WILLIAM GAY

(THE FREE PRESS, $24)

The author, a carpenter and longtime resident of Hohenwald, Tennessee, published his first short story in The Georgia Review. That 1998 tale serves as the title story in this collection.

In this piece, Abner Meecham makes an unexpected homecoming from the nursing facility in which his son convinced him to live. After he discovers that his son has sold his vehicles and rented his house to an old foe, Abner resorts to his own methods of reclaiming his life.

In another short story, "The Paperhanger," the abduction and possible murder of an only child in a seemingly normal upper-class Pakistani family rocks the town and eventually destroys the family. Despite a largescale manhunt, the circumstances surrounding young Zeineb Jamahl's disappearance are never discovered. The only person who knows the truth is the wallpaper hanger.

This book will have you laughing, fearful, and utterly filled with suspense-often all within the same well-- crafted story.

TAI HICKS

Copyright Southern Progress Corporation Nov 2002
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