Praise for Sam Savage:

Winner of the O. Henry Prize for "Cigarettes"

"Sam Savage manages to be both artful and literal-minded in this faux autobiographical tale of childhood and a mother afflicted and finally driven mad by her wish for artistic success. Savage writes knowingly about the uncertainties of childhood memory, but creates a convincing world of sibling combat and adult pretension. A wonderful, absorbing novel."--C. Michael Curtis, Fiction Editor, The Atlantic Monthly

"If the world--all its hysteric...