num_pages: 320
description: Twelve stories that teeter between wicked humor and stinging pathos encompassdilapidated right arenas, state mental hospitals, and chaotic emergency roomswhere the inhabitants are brilliantly etched characters.
language: English
title: Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine: Stories
titlecomplete: Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine: Stories
genres: War, Dark, American, Literary Fiction, The United States Of America, Sports, Short Stories, Fiction, Literature
ratings_count: 807
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Washington State Book Award
publisher: Back Bay Books