You Don't Know Me: New & Selected Stories

You Don't Know Me: New & Selected Storiesby James Nolan Praise for You Don't Know Me: “. . . a very fine book indeed. You Don’t Know Me shows the range and power of James Nolan’s writing. His sharp eye and lively prosebring a whole world to light in the space of a few pages. Nolan isa superb writer and these highly atmospheric stories deserve awide audience.” -Alexander McCall Smith, author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novels “James Nolan is New Orleans’ master storyteller. If Flannery O’Connor had been a bad boy living in the French Quarter, she’d have been James Nolan. These stories are wise, marvelous, funny.” -Andrei Codrescu, NPR commentator and author of The Blood Countess “In his remarkable new collection, You Don’t Know Me, James Nolan is a magician who can simultaneously inhabit the psyches of an18-year-old pregnant Latina, a romantically-challenged 32-year-old gay man, a world-famous black pianist with a heart condition, and many other true New Orleanians. Nobody