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Book Review of Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules
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Made the mistake of not reading the small print "Edited and Introduced by" David Sedaris, and believed the pbs.com listing as "Author" David Sedaris. WARNING: David only wrote the intro, these are not his stories. While the short stories are very well written, and somewhat enjoyable, I was really looking forward to another hilarious Sedaris book. These classics are by Tobias Wolff, Lorrie Moore, Flannery O'Connor, Akhil Sharma, Dorothy Parker, Jincy Willett, Patricia Highsmith, Richard Yates, Charles Baxter, Katherine Mansfield, Alice Munro, Jean Thompson, Frank Gannon, Joyce Carol Oates, Tim Johnson, and Amy Hempel......
all terrific writers. Just set your Expectation Needle to 'Serious', not 'Humorous'.