<p>Loyalties collide with long-buried love, a man builds a nuclear bomb in his garage, and children walk up walls. The stories in <i>What You Need</i> beautifully recount the rawness of human experience. Andrew Forbes’s characters struggle to escape the things that hold them in their all-too-ordinary lives, falling victim to fate, to one another, and to self-sabotage. These are stories about failure and yearning, yet they remind us of the humour and humanity in even the worst decisions.</p><p>“<i>What You Need</i> is compelling reading.”<b>—<i>The Globe &amp; Mail</i></b></p>