We've Already Gone This Far : Stories

from BALE

Lives filled with alcoholism, abandonment, loneliness and extreme loss color the pages of Dacey's debut novel. The author covers these themes with an eloquent grittiness that matches his subject matter and mesmerizes his reader. His casual handling of all matters dark is superb. An impressive first.

from kvrfan

On the surface, the residents of Wequaquet, Massachusetts, might not seem to much resemble us. The town is overwhelmingly white and blue-collar. But there is one common denominator that binds them together: they all just want someone to love them. But that in the end is what also binds them to us...

from dablackwood

This short story collection is filled with characters - united in the fact that they live in the same small town, Wequaquet, Massachusetts. Their stories are varied and mostly depressing. This is small town working class and Patrick Dacey nails it. A couple of the stories did not work for me. Bal...

from Beamis12

Another to add to the wonderful collection of short stories I have read this year. Liking very much this new trend of linked stories, this one in a working class town of Massachusetts, where the old timers are stuck reliving the past, while the young people leave and progress marches on. Sort of ...

from KatyBee

This is a fine collection of short stories set in a Massachusetts town called Wequaquet. Various points of view add depth to these family stories and provide a cast of recurring characters. The economic crash and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan contribute dark shadows of loss and guilt but love in a...