The Dust That Floats About in Dreams: A Collection of Short Stories (English Edition)

This collection contains 11 short stories, including "Carnaby and the Crab Trap," a story which follows Tim Stoops as he moves from Fayetteville, Arkansas to Greenwich, Connecticut, in search of order after World War II and the loss of his brother in combat. He soon meets Carnaby and is pulled into a world of dazzling parties and high society women. In reconnecting with his cousin Natalie and her husband Rock, Tim becomes enamoured of their life and then repelled as he sees the darkness that lies beneath the gilded façade.