The Pugilist at Rest

“Writers as good as Thom Jones appear but rarely. . . . His fiction world is irresistible” in this short story collection, a National Book Award finalist (N ew York Times Book Review ). Thom Jones made his literary debut in The New Yorker in 1991. Within six months his stories appeared in Harper's , Esquire , Mirabella , Story , Buzz , and in The New Yorker twice more. “The Pugilist at Rest”—the title story from this stunning collection—took first place in Prize Stories 1993: The O. Henry Awards