Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket with minor fading to spine, 246 pages. A dozen new stories by the acclaimed "minimalist" writer introduce more of her plucky, hardworking, slightly askew characters--losers, absconders, plotters, ponderers and pontificators. Clean copy.