This would be 4 or 4.5 for sure if not for the fact that my copy had some kind of printing malfunction that I didn't notice until I was fairly far into it. Pages 51-82 were cut incorrectly and not attached to the spine, which caused them to fall out of the book making it really difficult to read. I feel bad giving this book a lower review because of something that isn't related to the writing, but in case anyone is seeking out a physical edition I want to be able to advise against the one I have (Vintage Books). The stories themselves are really good -- highlights for me would be Madame Bovary's Greyhound, Black Corfu, and Orange World, but there are no stories in it that I would consider bad or not worth reading. I hope the issues I experienced were exclusive to me, because this book really is a treasure and I wish I'd been able to read it without having such a frustrating time handling the actual object of it.