Title: Bad Number in a Good Series
Product review: This is a good series that I, generally, highly recommend for its fresh new fiction and offbeat nonfiction writing. But this is not a good number in the series.This collection has two introductions -- never a good sign. Introductions are never really good, and these two, well, reek.Two pieces redeem the collection. "Big Brother" is an extraordinary short story that is at once very funny and very sad. It touches on issues of race, sex, parenthood, and carrying on with life in the face of death. It's a terrific story that should have been collected in the year's best stories. The other good piece is David Sedaris' very funny story about his adolescence.Not sure these two stories can justify buying the whole collection, but they certainly won't disappoint.
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