Each week I review the short fiction from a recent issue of The New Yorker . It used to just be a weekend thing...you know: a review here, a review there. But now, I'm addicted .... Issue: July 8 & 15, 2013 Story: "All Ahead of Them" Author: Tobias Wolff Plot: A young man, Bud, sits alone in his hotel room on the French Riveria, where he has come on his honeymoon. He goes through various stages of mental anguish over a petty but worrisome scam his then wife-to-be, Arden, foisted on some of her close friends in the weeks before their wedding. The entire story takes place in Bud's head, as he thinks back to their history as a couple and the warning signs that might have suggested Arden had a rather large streak of larceny in her. Ultimately, he finds a shaky sort of peace with the whole incident. Review/Analysis: With the New Yorker's "Fiction Issue" hitting the shelves earlier this summer, and stories by Joyce Carol Oates an
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