"This book first appeared, in slightly different form, in The New Yorker. Certain portions also appeared, in slightly different form, in Harper's bazaar and Paris review."--T.p. verso.
Parked there is a handsome 1932 Ford, its left rear door open. Two young women are pausing, about to step into the car. Each has one foot on the running board. Both are naked. They have their arms around each other’s waist in sisterly embrace. The woman on the left is dark, the one on the right f...