These are really good, old-fashioned stories, by which I mean that they go on exactly as long as they need to and are very well written. I was very impressed that these stories, all of which are in the first person, each have a very different voice befitting the character narrating each one. I'd like to read more stories by this author, but since this is the only book of his my library has, I guess that probably won't happen any time soon.