The Cabal and Other Stories (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Ellen Gilchrist
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Novella and short fiction
- Time of Work: The present
- Setting: Jackson, Mississippi, and other Southern locales; Beverly Hills, California
- Principal Characters: Caroline Jones, Augustus Hailey, Jim Jaspers, Celia Montgomery, Camilia (CeCe) Montgomery
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Acting or actors, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Poetry or poets, California, Los Angeles, Mississippi, Theater, Colleges or universities, Psychiatry or psychiatrists
- Locales: Beverly Hills, CA, Jackson, MS
“The Cabal” and the five other stories in this volume represent Ellen Gilchrist’s newest portrayal of the lively, idiosyncratic characters who inhabit her vision of the New South. Like the characters of Gilchrist’s previous sixteen volumes of fiction, these share charming voices and strong senses of their own identities as they face the crises that change imposes on everyone, a major theme of this collection. The collection also includes a story in the voice of a Gilchrist favorite, Traceleen Brown, who relates the current doings of Crystal Mallison’s family, to which she is...
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