The Showcase

"The linked stories that make up The Showcase recount the lives of a cross section of men and women living in Philadelphia, variously beset by the decaying dreams of the 1980s-the decline of once-great cities, the loss of faith in the future, ordinary peoples' search for the kinds of things that are said to make life worthwhile-love and faith and peace of mind-yet which often prove elusive or disappointing"--