A review by karencarlson
Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson

4.0

This story collection has a lot of variety. There’s outright hilarity, irony, social commentary, warm and gentle memoir, and some bro-lit. Themes of language and storytelling come up often, as do ideas of hiding what is true behind a façade and self-protection against emotional damage. Some stories are simple narratives; others are more complex, such as when an editor and narrator discuss a story, or when most of a story is made up of a court transcript. The first and last stories are absolutely stunning, in very different ways.

FMI see my blog post at A Just Recompense.