The Village Voice, May 17th, 2006
The Collected Stories By Amy Hempel Scribner, 409pp. $27.50
Accidents Will Happen
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Amy Hempel knows how to load a one-liner with meaning-"The house next door was rented for the summer to a couple who swore at missed croquet shots"-but for a fictional world rife with unfaithful men and made bearable by the loyalty of pooches, it's appropriate that her sense of humor is fundamentally shaggy-dog.
"I leave a lot out when I tell the truth," warns one of her narrators. It's typical of her characters to rush into things, then slam the brakes and reconsider. T...
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