The stolid landscape of Chicago suddenly turns dreamlike and otherworldly in Stuart Dybeks classic story collection. A childs collection of bottle caps becomes the tombstones of a graveyard. A lowly rightfielders inexplicable death turns him into a martyr to baseball. Strains of Chopin floating down the tenement airshaft are transformed into a mysterious anthem of loss. Combining homely detail and heartbreakingly familiar voices with grand leaps of imagination, The Coast of Chicago is a masterpiece from one of Americas most highly regarded writers.