All the Rage

Shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story AwardHere, as before, lies the battlefield of the heart, where characters who have suffered disaffection, alienation or emotional damage somehow emerge - haltingly, awkwardly - into the astonishment of intimacy. And here, too, are the ones who will not shake off the hurt and the loss, who will not come through.The extraordinary title story takes place on a railway platform, with a couple waiting for a train that never comes, and opens ...