When it's good it's wonderful, but as with any short story style work the final rating depends on hits vs misses. The writing, though is excellent, making even the stories I didn't like well worth reading.
After I'd read this, I must admit that I was unsure why this had been picked as a Waterstones Book Club title, as it certainly isn't one for everyone. However, one morning on my bus journey to work, a man sat down next to me reading it, and we ended up getting into a discussion about it; not somethi...