Atavists: Stories The first book from the

The first book from the legendary New Yorker writer John McPhee

They can't stand to break their friends' hearts

or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story

but when she looks up and sees his piercing green gaze directly on her

Atavists: Stories The first book from theThe word atavism, coined by a botanist and popularized by a criminologist, refers to the resurfacing of a primitive evolutionary trait or urge in a modern being. This inventive collection from Lydia Millet offers overlapping tales of urges ranging from rage to jealousy to yearning a fluent triumph of storytelling, rich in ideas and emotions both petty and grand. The titular atavists include an underachieving, bewildered young bartender; a middle aged