"E. L. Doctorow selected some of his finest stories to create this pinnacle collection, his final project before his death. There are 15 stories total, including "The Water Works," "Jolene," "All the Time in the World," and Doctorow's own revision of "Liner Notes: The Songs of Billy Bathgate.""-- Provided by publisher.

Willi --The hunter -- The writer in the family -- Heist -- The water works -- Liner notes: the songs of Billy Bathgate -- Jolene: a life -- Baby Wilson -- A house on the plains -- Walter John Harmon -- Child, dead, in the rose garden -- Wakefield -- Edgemont Drive -- Assimilation -- All the time in the world.