This book collects some of the best stories from the first ten issues of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. McSweeney's began as a small collection of work rejected by other magazines, but it soon began to publish pieces primarily written for the journal, and to attract some of the finest writers in the country. Contributors to this collection include Jonathan Lethem, Glen David Gold, A. M. Homes, David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers, Amanda Davis, George Saunders, Paul Collins, and William T. Vollmann, as well as many talented newcomers. Stories included here have been selected for The O.Henry Prize Stories and The Best American Short Stories, and one was performed in a regional musical theater.
