Circling the Drain

New York: Rob Weisbach Books / William Morrow, 1999. First Edition. Warmly INSCRIBED by Davis on the half-title page to fellow author "for the chief hu(man) Mr. O, aka dude with all best wishes and buckets of admiration...XX Amanda HOPE TO SEE YOU IN CANADA" and further SIGNED and dated on the title page: "Amanda Davis Wesleyan Writers Conference Summer 2000."

The late author's first and only book, a collection of stories.

Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs, and, in 1996, was named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists by “Granta” magazine. He has also written for popular television shows and national publications, has been visiting faculty at numerous institutions including the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, and has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and others.

Fine in a Fine dust jacket.

[Book #145001]