In each short story, the main characters all experience some kind of epiphany. There is at least one point during the stories in which a character encounters a moment of insight and revelation. In the story, “Cons” by Jess Walter, the two main characters are Kyle and his wife Lisa. They both undergo an epiphany as well as Matt Fowler, the main character in “Killings” by Andres Dubus. These characters also share the common ground of death and trauma which also has a correlation to their epiphanies…
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