Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Lorrie Moore, Bark *** 1/2

I love Moore's sardonic writing style, and she is a master at creating believable, relatable characters. I thoroughly enjoy reading her stories, even when I lose interest in the narrative.

My favorite story in this collection was the first, "Debarking": when Ira starts dating after his wife leaves him, he tries to ameliorate his personality flaws while seeking to understand the funny strange woman he's seeing. My least favorite stories were the two with dated Bush-era plots.

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