The Largesse of the Sea Maiden

He does damage

Why haven't I read anything by Denis Johnson before? This book is fantastic. And now that I see the audio version is narrated by Nick Offerman, Michael Shannon, Dermot Mulroney and Will Patton, I may have to listen to it as well.

Some of these stories were just okay, but I really enjoyed The Starlight on Idaho (5 stars) and Strangler Bob (4.5 stars). ‐1 star for including a food poisoning scene.

While I loved the voice in the story, I'm not sure I cared for the vignette style. I felt like these were scraps of other short stories thrown into one.

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden is phenomenal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Doppelgänger, Poltergeist is excellent ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5. Triumph Over the Grave is a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ effort. Strangler Bob and The Starlight on Idaho were both ⭐️⭐️⭐️. All in all, a great collection from a fine writer, capturing the melancholy of aging, our human frailty and the beauty in the smallest of moments.