The general effect of this collection of short stories is to be in the presence of legend and myth. Even re-reading the introduction by James Alan McPherson, another lauded short story artist working at UVA from the 1970s through the 1990s (I think, but maybe longer), is that Breece D,J Pancake (yes his real name, sort of, with the D,J being a misprint in publication he stuck with) sweeping into Charlottesville VA, publishing a bunch of stories…living a LIFE and than dying by suicide. This […]