Now considered a contemporary classic <strong>Airships</strong> was honored by Esquire magazinewith the Arnold Gingrich Short Fiction Award. The twenty stories ... » 

Now considered a contemporary classic Airships was honored by Esquire magazinewith the Arnold Gingrich Short Fiction Award. The twenty stories in thiscollection are a fresh exuberant celebration of the new American South aland of high school band contests where good old boys from Vicksurg arereunited in Vietnam and petty nostalgia and the constant pain of disappointedlove prevail. Airships is a striking demonstration of Barry Hannahs mature andoriginal talent. «