Damned if I do

Stories

Contemporary Literature Literary Fiction

Pages: 206
Published: 2004
Language: English

This collection of short stories introduces a cast of memorable characters, from a cop and a cowboy to fly fishermen and a reluctant romance novelist. Readers will encounter an old man in a high-speed chase after a car theft and a mysterious stranger who fixes everything from broken dispensers to personal problems at a sandwich shop. These tales offer revealing and often hilarious glimpses into everyday lives.

Prose complexity: 4/10

Funny Lighthearted Thought-Provoking

Fish Out of Water

Contemporary Literature Literary Fiction Short Stories

Authors

Irenosen Okojie

Nigerian-born short story and novel writer working in London

Percival Everett

American novelist and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. Author of more than thirty books, including James (2024), winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction; Erasure (2001), adapted into the 2023 film American Fiction; and The Trees (2021), a Booker Prize finalist.