A thought-provoking anthology of short fiction by the award-winning playwright and director explores the complex mysteries of the human heart in such works as "Open All Night," in which a dancer rescues a man stranded in the parking lot of a strip club, and "Soft Target," about a vain Hollywood actor who receives his comeuppance. A first collection. Reprint.
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In Seconds of Pleasure, acclaimed award-winning director and playwright Neil LaBute, brings to the page his cutting humor and compelling take on the shadowy terrain of the human heart. Best known for his controversial plays and films, his short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker and Playboy. Seductive and provocative, each potent and pithy tale in Seconds of Pleasure finds men and women exploiting -- or at the mercy of -- the hidden fault lines that separate them: In Time Share, a woman leaves her family at their vacation home after discovering her husband in a compromising situation; a middle-aged man obsesses over a scab on the calf of a pretty young girl in Boo-Boo; and a vain Hollywood actor gets his comeuppance in Soft Target. LaBute infuses Seconds of Pleasure with his trademark wit and black humor, and unleashes his imagination in stories that offer unflinching insight into our very human shortcomings and impure urges with shocking candor.
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