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...minister and a Roman Catholic priest at the Huntsville, Texas, prison known as The Walls. At 6:30 p.m. he was served a final meal; he had chosen an unusually mundane one of hamburger with mustard, French fries, iced tea, water, and nothing else. His court-appointed attorney, Charles Carver, arrived, and they talked of his legal prospects. But both knew there was little hope. The day before, the U.S. Supreme Court had turned down his request for a stay. The time for his execution neared. "He was prepared," recalls Carver...
...Raymond Carver ∙ Fools of Fortune...
FICTION: The Cannibal Galaxy, Cynthia Ozick -Cathedral, Raymond Carver -Franz Kafka...
Cynthia Ozick •Cathedral, Raymond Carver •Franz Kafka...
...Carver's stories radiate a sense of laconic menace. The worse the fates of his people, the more elliptically they seem to be telegraphed. In Chef's House, Edna is persuaded to rejoin her husband Wes. He tells her he has stopped drinking and is living in a rented house with a view of the ocean. Together, they happily pass a summer. But then the landlord says his daughter needs the house, and Wes and Edna will have to leave. Edna realizes that this news will send Wes back to booze and her away from...