In his second collection of stories, Cameron draws a gallery of diverse characters who find themselves at various emotional impasses. The uncertainties of their youth have developed into something more serious, for the promises that have been held out to them all their lives -- the comforts of love and the satisfaction of success -- have proved to be elusive, equivocal, or, at worst, hollow.
The people who inhabit FAR-FLUNG are anchored to the earth -- be it a cornfield in Indiana or an African veldt -- by a gravity they are just beginning to understand. With their freshness, wit, and crystalline perception, these beautifully written, quiety piercing stores are the exciting fulfillment of the promise of a remarkable writer.
This book was published by HarperCollins in 1991. It is now out of print, by many of the stories are included in THE HALF YOU DON'T KNOW: SELECTED STORIES.
