Great book. Really strong characters and really strong prose. Some of these stories are unlike anything I've read. They're pretty dark, almost Gothic at times, and basically every one of them fucked me up for the whole day. I'm assuming Adam Haslett has depression, or has at least dealt with it at some point in his life: He just does too good a job of making you feel it to not have experienced it himself. In one form or another I think it's the one thing in common across all these stories. Would highly recommend this, especially if you like short story books. Officially Big Nate approved.