Raincoast, Vancouver, 2002, 1^st pr.  ISBN 1-55192-566-4.  Trade soft cover, 235 pages plus Acknowledgements and About the Author.  Unread copy with two scrapes on spine, sticker ghost, tiny corner bends, and small splash marks on fore-edge page block; binding tight; interior clean and unmarked.  ‘The stories … expose the voids in our hearts and the potential hostility beneath the calm surface of our most intimate relationships.  The savage Aztec god Tezcalipoca, who set people against one another and created anguish and disquiet, presides over many of Hungers’ characters.  The linked quintet of stories that ends the book eloquently captures this particular kind of discord, showing two sisters whose relationship is so anguished that reconciliation is impossible – yet the love between them persists.  Here are beautifully controlled and crafted stories about the uncontrollable and ungovernable forces in our lives.’ (from rear wrap)