num_pages: 288
description: In his first collection of stories, Stephen Dobyns, one of our most accomplished writers, examines the lives of men and women challenged by their own uncontrollable, illogical natures: poets with free floating guilt, spouses with unacceptable sexual compulsions, farmers with midlife crises, gas men with erratic timetables. Marriages unravel, well-laid plans dissolve, and placid lives are turned upside down in this sharp, funny, and profound collection of short fiction. 
language: English
title: Eating Naked
titlecomplete: Eating Naked
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Modern
ratings_count: 221
publisher: Picador