Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, (1999.). SIGNED first edition - Highly praised and very innovative author's second collection of stories (his first collection was chosen as one of the best books of 1998 by several publications and his recent novel "A Disorder Peculiar To The Country" was a finalist for The National Book Award in 2006 .) Kalfus lived in Eastern Europe and Moscow for much of the 90's and these stories are 'plucked from the stew of a century of Russian history.' The title story follows a doomed nuclear power plant worker as he tries to peddle a cannister of weapons-grade plutonium on the black market. SIGNED on the title page. 299 pp including 4 pp of publisher's advertisements.