Bad Behavior

Reviews

“Stubbornly original, with a sort of rhythm and fine moments that flatten you out when you don’t expect it.”

“Intriguingly tart…Urban true grit.”

“Pinteresque…Ms. Gaitskill writes with such authority, such radar-perfect detail, that she is able to make even the most extreme situations seem real.”

“This thirty-year-old collection is much more feminist than most of what we’ve got going, even these days. Good thing we can can still read it whenever we want.”

“Gaitskill’s characters possess a curious combination of wit and naïveté…Her writing has a precision and depth than can charge a dreary setting with significance…Gaitskill has created an intimate and almost beautiful series of images.”

“This author concentrates on the inside of her characters’ heads. In the best of these pieces, she looks not so much at the ‘bad behavior’ itself as at the consciousness behind it, calmly and clinically charting desires, ideas, and emotions.”

“A thrilling journey into the deep anxieties of romance and desire…Stunning.”

“Ferocious, terrifying stories, skillful as they are scary. Gaitskill’s voice and talents are wonderfully new, as honest as rain and as welcome in a long, dry season.”

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