Emperor of the Air

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Summary: TRjbs
Review: This was a pretty good book, especially if you're into Robert Gottlieb-era New Yorker stories. Canin really is a stylistic genius and "Pitch Memory" - a story near the end of the collection - is probably one of the best tales I've ever read.

On the other hand, if you're not into what's termed "literary fiction" these days, I'd give this collection a miss. All of these stories are pretty slow-moving and except for a couple, most of them focus on familial relationships. Coming to terms with your father. Coming to terms with your mother. Coming to terms with your older brother who's going off to California. You get the picture.

All in all, though, a good collection to sit back and lose a few hours in, and heck, you could do worse.