Prize stories, 1988 :  the O. Henry awards / 
 O. Henry awards 
edited and with an introduction by William Abrahams. 
 - New York :  Doubleday,  c1988. 
 - xii, 366 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Errand (First Prize) / Raymond Carver -- Ocracoke Island / Alice Adams -- Blessings / Andre Dubus -- The Business venture / Elizabeth Spencer -- The Wars of heaven / Richard Currey -- The Place to be / Shirley Hazzard -- Yarrow / Joyce Carol Oates -- Dolphin dreaming / Peter LaSalle -- Rot / Joy Williams -- The Gangster's Ghost / Salvatore La Puma -- Bumblebees / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Cecil grounded / Richard Plant -- Honey / Ann Beattie -- Don't worry about the kids / Jay Neugeboren -- The Halfway Diner / John Sayles -- The Mountain / Sheila Kohler -- Long distance / Jane Smiley -- Arcola girls / Philip F. Deaver -- The Dinner party / Jonathan Baumbach -- Leaf season / John Updike. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0385241844 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Short stories, American.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS648.S5  / P74 1988