Eightball strikes hard. Fueled by an abiding sense of loss these eight stories take you on a journey over the exploded fault lines of intimacy unfolding across cities and continents. Whether hitchhiking the Italian Veneto trekking through a pitchblack Balinese rice field or queuing for drinks in a crowded Seattle bar Geoghegan sets her characters adrift in a world that stakes its claim to the enigmatic terrain of desire. This collection of darkly comic occasionally violent tales is anchored by