A review by natesea
Further Joy by John Brandon

3.0

This is a difficult collection to rate - some 5-star, some 4, some 2 and 3 - but all infused with Brandon's engaging style. Basic stories about basic people with complicated lives trying to live simply. I have never lived in the South, but Brandon takes me there in this collection, as he does in his novels. Though this collection doesn't have the pulse of his previous books, there is enough here to keep you. It leaves me looking forward to his next collaboration with the always wonderful-to-hold McSweeney's.