There Will Never Be Another Night Like This

A woman tries to prepare her man-childhusband for their impending divorce. A middle-aged guy in the grip of codeineand suburban ennui reinvents himself as an old west gunfighter. A heartbrokenfather navigates life after his son is grievously injured. A writer returnshome after caring for his dying father, and worries that his own lifes workhas been frivolous. After a series of improbable adventures in a single night,a young man wonders if he should accept that this is as good as life will everget. A boy witnesses a tragedy that leads him to question the wisdom of hisfamilys move from the Midwest to an eastern industrial city.The people inThere Will Never BeAnother Night Like Thishave one thing in common: theyre in flux.Will they pivot and move on gracefully, or stumble and fall?Here youll find hilarity and tragedy,often on the same page. Salters insights into the human condition, its dreamsand nightmares, are always unflinching but never without compassion. Vibrantwriting and finely-tuned dialogue make There Will Never Be Another NightLike This an unforgettable collection in the tradition of short storymasters like Raymond Carver, Ann Beattie, and John Cheever.