AUTHOR: Sam Pink
READ: September
THOUGHTS: Enjoyed this one a bunch, too. I would say maybe about 30%-40% of the stories in here were sort of forgettable, or felt like 'Sam Pink exercises,' while the rest I really liked, which I think for a short story collection is a good ratio. The memorable ones here deal with everyday weirdness re: something 'specific' (babysitting, playing a boardgame w/ your soon to be ex-gf naked, getting drunk at a party and hating yourself, etc.) in strange and funny ways. The more I read Sam Pink the more his style seems to me like a more absurd/concrete/literal Midwest Thomas Bernhard, except with all of the scorn and anxiety either directed toward the narrator himself or to nothing in particular, I guess just 'the world.' Maybe Bernhard isn't really that accurate, I dunno!
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