A Nest of Hooks (The Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction) by Lon Otto
English | Nov. 1978 | ISBN: 0877450897 | 152 Pages | PDF | 5 MB
Otto writes simple stories about real life that juxtapose reality and illusion, childhood incidents, brief encounters with friends and strangers and focuses on singular images such as hair, bicycles and horses.

Otto writes simple stories about real life that juxtapose reality and illusion, childhood incidents, brief encounters with friends and strangers and focuses on singular images such as hair, bicycles and horses.
Chosen from 350 entries, A Nest of Hooks by Lon Otto is the winner of the 1978 Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction. Otto received the $1,000 Award contributed annually by the Iowa Arts Council. This volume of 28 stories is the ninth winner of the Iowa Award. Stanley Elkin, who judged this year's competition, teaches creative writing at Washington University, St. Louis, and has published six books-four novels and two collections.-Front flap.