Old Crimes big words for little geniuses and the ship was grievously

and the ship was grievously damaged

and the nation's surging economy

and the enduring political crisis that has seen remote and bleakly beautiful Tibet all but disappear as an independent nation-state

ember-charred porterhouses

Old Crimes big words for little geniuses and the ship was grievouslyFrom a New York Times bestselling author ("One of our wisest storytellers"), a story collection that is funny and tragic in equal measure, about crimes large and small (Rebecca Makkai, author of The Great Believers). Beloved author Jill McCorkle offers an intimate look at the moments when a persons life changes forever. A woman uses her hearing impairment as a way to guard herself from her husbands commentary. A telephone lineman strains to