Sam Shepard story collection

["Fiona Webster" <fi>]

Not long ago on NPR they mentioned favorably Sam Shepard's
story collection _Cruising Paradise : Tales_.  I haven't had the
pleasure myself yet, but here's a blurb on it that I found:

   Cruising Paradise contains 40 short stories by the renowned playwright
   and actor Sam Shepard. Exploring themes of solitude and loss, Shepard
   revisits the innocence of boyhood, traverses the confines of
   loneliness, gives accounts of the farcical exclusiveness of show
   business and offers an obstinate perspective on death. As in his stage
   and screen work, Shepard ties these musings to the wilds and open
   spaces of Mexico and the United States, utilizing the allure and tempo
   of the open road to bring his writing and self-actualization full circle. 

				--Fiona