Bumping and Other Stories (fiction).Bumping and Other Stories (fiction) W. Jack Savage John Joseph "Jack" Savage is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1987 and the Minnesota Twins in 1990. He was born on April 22, 1964 in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended St. Xlibris Corporation International Plaza II, Suite 340, Philadelphia, PA 19113 9781425746018, $10.99 www.xlibris.com Bumping and Other Stories is an anthology of original fiction by Vietnam veteran and stage actor W. "Jack" Savage. The twelve tales diverge widely in setting, mood, and memories. From a Ukranian prisoner's firsthand account of the wildly unlikely events in an abandoned slaughterhouse slaughterhouse: see abattoir; meatpacking. that led to his incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. , to an estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. anniversary couple compelled to choose each other once again, to an off-stage player forcibly reminded of past choices that remain irreconcilable with his present life, Bumping and Other Stories touches a raw nerve with its passion, severity, and moral dilemmas. A twistedly thought-provoking collection. Willis M. Buhle Reviewer |
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