Hard to work out a rating as the stories individually ,rated on my enjoyment were from two right up to five....but maybe only my personal taste was involved.....
The writing is of the highest order,very vivid and you are immediately there with the characters...even in the stories disliked there were fine passages I admired.
Great variety of mood from very light hearted to the most appalling sadness ,misery and evil. You must be a excellent writer to be able to write in so many different areas.
Fourteen stories in this collection...
The leading one " Labels" is a story of obsession, which I was glad to find had a positive ending being rather obsessive myself...
" Grunter Weber's Confession" apparently revisits Captain Corelli's mandolin ....which I have not read but this is very powerful
" Two Dolphins" rather weird,a sort of folk tale,not keen.
" A night Out For Prudente de Morass" clever twist ending
" Our Lady of Beauty" and ," Romon on the Underground" unpleasant topics which stopped us finishing them.
" The Turks Are So Wonderful With Children" " Mamacitas Treasure" and " The Man Who Sent Two Fish to The President" very vivid but not quite sure how to describe them at all!
" Stupid Gringo" and " Andovil and Andovillette Begin Their Holiday" offer simple stories of amusing light relief..keep you smiling and a few laugh out louds...
My favourite was " A Day Out For Mehmet Erbil" this was amusing,sad, wistful, hopeful all in one.
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