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Monday, 14 August 2017

All That is Man - David Szalay

Collection of short stories about men at different points in time in their life.  Different men in each story.  I think he does a good job of capturing at least the general or typical themes at each age in different situations - dreams gone bad, loss of soul, success, failure.  Of course, I found the ones about older men the most interesting, and I can say he definitely hits some of the states and preoccupations right on.
Well-written.  Expresses the undercurrents without hitting you over the head.

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