Bad Behavior: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)
Last checked: Jun 2, 2026
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Perfect for you if...
- You appreciate prose that's unflinching about desire, power, and vulnerability without ever becoming preachy or sentimental.
- You're drawn to character studies of people on the margins who are intelligent and self-aware enough to know exactly how trapped they are.
- You want to read something published in the 1980s that feels more honest and raw than most contemporary fiction.
Maybe not for you if...
- You prefer plot-driven narratives with clear resolutions and characters who learn and grow in straightforward ways.
- You're looking for escapism or comfort reading; these stories are observant and often bleak about human nature.
- You need your fiction to be explicitly political or to offer moral frameworks; Gaitskill's work is too interested in ambiguity for that.
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