Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His first book, a collection of nine short stories, which "capture the underside of contemporary Western America" - and especially California's great central valley. SIGNED on the title page. Praise on dj from Thom Jones, Daniell Woodrell, Charles Baxter and more. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-395854075.