Genre: Short Story Collection
Description:
“A collection of stories that runs the gamut from serious to comic.
Relationships, and reactions to traumatic experiences or change, all come under
scrutiny. Life-changing events play out against a counterpoint of minutely
observed details.
Though you won’t meet any bears in this volume, you will come across
the real Dylan, delve into a literary feud, partake in preparations for a
funeral rehearsal, share a musician’s musings, find out the importance of
gender-neutral watches and, perhaps, learn to stay clear of tigers, at least in
the form of tattoos.”
Author:
L.F. Roth’s bio indicates a history of bouncing around from job to job
and country to country, spending time living in the US and Sweden as well as what
appears to be his native country, England. He’s had many short stories appear
in various anthologies over the years with many of them finding their way into
this collection.
Appraisal:
More than 20 short stories. The Sound of Patriarchy is one of
the stories, but don’t assume that this title is indicative of what the
majority of stories are about. In fact, the actual story with that title didn’t
turn out quite like what I would have anticipated. However, the stories were
generally entertaining, sometimes thought provoking, and had enough variety to
keep things interesting. If you’re into short story collections this one is
definitely worth checking out.
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FYI:
Uses British slang and spelling conventions.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating: ****
Four Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 60-65,0000 words
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