When God Laughs & Other Stories

Jack London was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone, including science fiction. When God Laughs is a story about a couple that tries in vain to uphold an intensely idealistic romance against the erosions of time and the inconstancy of human nature... This outstanding collection includes, The Apostate, A Wicked Woman, Just Meat, Created He Them, The Chinago, Make Westing, Semper Idem, A Nose For the King, The "Francis Spaight", A Curious Fragment and A Piece of Steak.