Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

I bought this without looking at the cover too closely, I was under the impression that this was a collection of Davis Sedaris' short stories, which biases my review; the collection merits a 2.5, normally for the goodreads stars I round up. I did enjoy the introduction written by him, but it also made me expect more from the collection.

Many of the stories weren't to my interest, or they were written in a style that I disliked. However, some bore either amusement or something thought provoking, but not enough to make the collect as a whole shine.