Must I Weep for the Dancing Bear, and Other Stories

Fiction. These stories by Louis Phillips reinforce his reputation throughout his dozens of books of being imaginative, incisive, and entertaining. The voice here is that of a young man, sometimes a teenager and sometimes a college student, who is learning about life and about work. Phillips captures these formative years brilliantly, creating a coming-of-age collection of stories that will take you back to your own youth. The characters change from story to story, but they consistently look at the world with a naivete and an innocence which exude great humor, great pathos, and great curiosity. These stories are not to be missed.