Because they have this permission given to them by the culture to enter people's homes, you know, to enter the private lives of people they don't know. I've always sort of suspected that their job has a certain powerful kind of voyeuristic dimension. MILLET: Well, so I've always been sort of fascinated by the working lives of real estate agents. SHAPIRO: Tell us how you built this world. Lydia Millet, welcome to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I spoke to Lydia Millet about these stories, which range from tragic to comic to absurdist fantasy. We meet people buying and selling houses, moving in and moving out, and their homes provide a window into their internal lives. "Fight No More" is set in Los Angeles, and the stories take us into people's homes. Her newest book is another collection of interconnected stories. Her short story collection "Love In Infant Monkeys" was a finalist for the Pulitzer.
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