![]() ![]() An exception to the routine entries is ``The Pool People,'' whose premise about a rich woman's swimming pool haunted by workmen has a strong social tension ticking away behind it. The endings are consistently dull and often gimmicky, and many of the stories are formulaic. Lurie's storytelling remains smooth throughout what's missing is any sense of risk-taking or envelope-pushing. ![]() A dead boyfriend returns to prevent his ex from dating other men a wicked highboy doesn't want its drawers opened a Wordsworth scholar turns into a sheep a woman on a diet is plagued by obese ghosts who lure her into bakeries. Humorously spooky at best, and breaking no new ground, the nine stories here feature women who are disturbed during their daily routines by the appearance of Disney-like entities from another realm. From Pulitzer-winning novelist Lurie (Foreign Affairs) comes this first-and disappointing-short-story collection with a supernatural slant. ![]()
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