Might be well written but to me the vignette is like a description of a painting. There's something wrong with Doris Lessing's 'Through the Tunnel'. It's dated since he wrote it, but has a marvelous sense of the deep sea and ends with an interesting take on the media. Had read it years ago when I was reading lots of Kipling. Kipling's 'A Matter of Fact' was not recommended but I still loved it. Has a similar langourous tone to Liz Williams 'Century to Starboard' which also features a cruise. I feel sure I must have read a book by Updike a long time ago but none of the titles sound familiar, I've never heard of the Rabbit series and I didn't realise he wrote the 'Witches of Eastwick'. One story 5 star (Jack London) and others all the way to 1 star - but a good collection to dip into. I intended to read a very few before the book went back to the library but actually read quite a lot. The book was passed to me with some stories recommended.
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