lindseyloeper's review
2.0
The stories in this book were either way too short to allow any real attachment (5 pages??) or were of normal length but seemed to drag on and on way too long. The ideas behind the stories seemed so forced, like the author collected a bunch of writing exercizes together in a book. Entertaining enough to finish but I probably won't read any more by Carlson.
cootarooski's review
5.0
I learned of this book when "The H Street Sledding Record" was read on the Christmas episode of Selected Shorts. I loved this book so much. Ron Carlson shows that he knows the life of the everyday, ordinary guy, but that he also knows how to see the very most important and beautiful parts of an everyday, ordinary life.
elibrooke's review
4.0
I rarely read realistic novels by contemporary white American male authors about the everyday lives of contemporary white American men. It is a prejudice I didn't realize I had until I read these stories by Ron Carlson, who helped me make a place in my heart for the potential of white American men to be both lovable and interesting. He's a damn good writer.
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