"This collection offers variety that could suit any mood while still working together as a collection."
Common experiences go through a house of mirrors to become silly, quirky and absurd additions to this short story collection. The nine short stories that make up ‘Small Portions Café’ by Douglas Fergus are entirely self-contained and can be read or from in any order, at any time, or from cover to cover. Each story is well-written, with the setting and character fleshed out enough to make them unique, separating them from the main characters in the other stories. The author also manages to play with style and form, from the song-like lyrics of ‘Sunburned, Toothless, Chain-Smoking, Alcoholic Carpenter’ to the structure in ‘Financial Responsibility Savings … And No Loans!’. This collection offers variety that could suit any mood while still working together as a collection. With puns, play on words and the occasional 4th wall break, the author's sense of humour and perspective are clear throughout the book, with the delivery getting a smirk from me as many times as the line itself. This could be an entertaining read for those who favour hyperbolic and absurdist humour.
Charlotte Walker, A LoveReading Ambassador
| Primary Genre | Humorous Fiction |
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