The Cage Keeper, and Other Stories Audiobook

Quotes

• “[Dubus has] a talent for delineating the everyday pathos of obscure, unglamorous lives.”

  — New York Times Book Review

• “Touching and real…Insightful…Dubus masterfully captures the psychology of abuse.”

  — San Francisco Chronicle

• “Powerful…Richly original.”

  — Los Angeles Times Book Review

• “Powerful…[Dubus has] a keen eye for observing people on the edge.”

  — Boston Herald

• “[An] insightful exploration of the nature of violence.”

  — San Francisco Examiner

• “In his first collection, Dubus displays a firm grasp of the requirements of satisfying short fiction and a wide-ranging eye tightly focused on the telling detail…Often violent, given to drink, vulnerable to sexual desire, Dubus’ characters are equally capable of compassion and love. No unessential information diminishes the impact of these stories, but what does matter—to both characters and readers—is grippingly and generously portrayed.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Trigger-tight, gritty, and sensitive…Dubus delivers these timely yet timeless stories with compassion.”

  — New Orleans Times-Picayune

• “This author takes risks…The risks pay off…Jolt[s] readers into contemplating the nature of evil.”

  — Library Journal

• “The Cage Keeper, and Other Stories is a wondrous debut by a fresh and bold young writer. But Andre Dubus III writes with the wisdom of age: sorrow and compassion are the marrow of these tough, delicate, utterly human stories…His renderings of the natural world are fierce and fine. These pages of sharp, unsentimental prose echo with laud and keening, for all we perpetuate and crave, for all we must endure.”

  — Susan Dodd, author of No Earthly Notion and Maman