You Are Not the One: Stories

"If you're interested in the way we live now, read these funny, destabilizing, and superbly crafted stories."--Edmund White

In this debut collection of eight compulsively readable stories, Vestal McIntyre combines honesty and compassion with hilarious dialogue. With "ONJ.com," a young woman in advertising decides she wants a gay man in her life, but the good-looking and fast-talking gay coworker she meets isn't as pleasant and "fun" as she had hoped. In "Dunford," a lonely, aging architect with a suppressed fascination for female escorts decides impulsively to take the opportunity of his wife's absence to set up a date. Sadly for Dunford, he realizes too late that his escort doesn't share his penchant for masturbation in car washes. And "Nightwalking" centers on a woman sleepwalker whose mother's death frames the occasion for a rocky family reunion. You Are Not the One marks the auspicious arrival of an exciting new talent.

Author: Vestal McIntyre
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
Published: 11/30/2004
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.52w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9780786714339
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2004 pg. 1025
Publishers Weekly 11/29/2004 pg. 23
Ingram Advance 01/01/2005 pg. 73
Booklist 12/15/2004 pg. 708
Booksense '76 February 2005 02/01/2005 pg. 1
New York Times 02/20/2005 pg. 20

About the Author
Vestal McIntyre was born and raised in Nampa, Idaho, and attended Tufts University. His work has appeared in Tin House and Open City, as well as in several anthologies. He lives in New York City.