A review by wordlover
A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me by David Gates

4.0

More superb stories. At first I was disappointed that the characters in most are wrestling with similar issues, but then realized that's no different from Cheever or others who stick to their turf and keep digging deeper and deeper into the rich soil. He's astute and unsparing and just a little bit cynical and condescending toward his characters. Great short tales.