Joseph Epstein
Jakey
‘Everybody loved Jake Rosenheim, except his son Jimmy, who hated him’
Bachelor
A new Chicago short story by Joseph Epstein
The End of the Lazars
A new short story.
Self-Deception
“The weather in early November was cool enough for me to start a fire. We settled in. Old friends. Cosy. “Have any of you heard of a game called Self-Deception?” Ellie Kaplan asked.”
Birth Mother
A new short story
The Viagra Triangle
“Why did I so strongly prefer that Mr Sherman not be an old fool,
another lost wanderer in the Viagra Triangle?” A new short story.
The Man On Whom Everything Was Lost
“Jeremy Jacobson,” he said, putting out a hand. “I’m a graduate student but very passionate about Henry James.”
The Casanova Of LaSalle Street
A new short story by Joseph Epstein
Kizerman and Feigenbaum
A short story
Rachmones
A new short story
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal