Bad Behavior
Stories

This is a reissue of National Book Award finalist Mary Gaitskills debut collection, Bad Behaviorpowerful stories about dislocation, longing, and desire, which depict a disenchanted and rebellious urban-fringe generation as it searches for human connection. Now a classic, Mary Gaitskill's Bad Behavior novel made critical waves when it was first published, heralding Gaitskills arrival on the literary scene and her establishment as a sharp, erotically charged, and audaciously funny writer of contemporary literature. Stories included here are Daisys Valentine, A Romantic Weekend, Something Nice, An Affair, Edited, Connection, Trying to Be, Secretary, Other Factors, and Heaven.