Description: When it was first published in 1979, "Black Tickets" immediately established Jayne Anne Phillips as one of the most gifted writers of her generation. It is an astonishing collection of edgy stories that deals with the dreams and passions of young men and women and depicts the desperate loneliness that pervades American life. Resonating with the undeniable power of myth, these tales of initiation and betrayal focus on an extraordinary gallery of characters: a rootless young woman confronts her divorced parents; a fourteen-year-old girl leaves a series of foster homes for the bleak and compelling world of two drug addicts; a mass murderer recites a hypnotic monologue of obsession and alienation. In what has now come to be regarded as a classic of the American short story, Jayne Anne Phillips paints an unforgettable portrait of the men and women who, though stranded on the dark side of the American dream, continue to search for love and redemption.

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