From hunger

When God tells Levidow to buy a big blue car and get out of town, he hopes his suffering will end, only to embark on a bizarre road trip with unexpected companions. This is just one of several journeys in a collection of stories where characters search for sustenance and meaning in a world filled with hunger. From a shoe designer's sudden wealth that fails to satisfy his unnamed longing, to a scholar obsessed with a writer's suicide, Gerald Shapiro explores the diverse cravings that drive us.