false 29705 0143038184 9780143038184 739 178 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200496981m/29705.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29705.The_Book_of_Other_People 2522 Zadie Smith 34693 3963 1 1 false Thu Feb 21 14:02:46 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 01 14:44:55 -0800 2009 Jimmy Corrigan.) Three of the stories are written comic/graphic style and the others are just regular non-illustrated short stories. The title of each story is the name of a person (or animal/creature) as each is a kind of character study. Many, but not all, of the writers are from the U.K. Overall, most of the stories sucked, especially after recently reading two superb collections of short stories by Kelly Link. Two notable exceptions were a story by A.L. Kennedy and one by Jonathan Lethem which were both extraordinary. I'm kind of glad I waded through the crap just to get to these two gems and plan on seeking out more by these authors.

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