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Among the Missing

By: Dan Chaon
Narrated by: Dylan Baker, Becky Ann Baker
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Publisher's Summary

In this haunting, bracing new collection, Dan Chaon shares stories of men, women, and children who live far outside the American Dream, while wondering which decision, which path, or which accident brought them to this place. Chaon mines the psychological landscape of his characters to dazzling effect. 

Each story radiates with sharp humor, mystery, wonder, and startling compassion. Among the Missing lingers in the mind through its subtle grace and power of language. 

©2001 Dan Chaon
(P)2001 Random House, Inc.

Critic Reviews

2001, National Book Awards, Prize Jury

"One of the best short story writers around . . . Dan Chaon’s stories are funny, heartbreaking, beautifully written, and intelligently conceived.” –LORRIE MOORE Author of Birds of America

“AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF STORIES, A GENUINELY LITERARY ACCOMPLISHMENT.” –HA JIN National Book Award—winning author

“With a story like [‘Big Me’] from the marvelous writer Dan Chaon, I am confronted not only with an unfathomable mystery such as that of the endurance of a single human identity over time, but also with new proof of the enduring value of telling tales in the ongoing struggle to understand those mysteries.” –MICHAEL CHABON Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

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