This book of 24 short stories was only partially satisfying. I started it last year, and then set it down stuck on one of the last stories, and just now picked it up to finish it.

I guess I liked about half the stories. Some of the ones that still stir a memory definitely had an impact, but there were others that were just annoying.

The second story, The Death of Mustang Salvaje, was memorable, about a female bullfighter and her struggles with this eminently male sport.

Tiger Mending was short and sweet, as was Manifesto. Free Burgers for Life was interesting but annoying. A Lynching in Stereoscope was very good - two interwoven tales told in parallel.

The Lost Boys was an essay about polygamists in the west and what happens to the boys who are expelled from the groups to improve the ratio of old men to young girls.

Lastly I found the Myth of the Frequent Flier to be interesting, and also Diary of a Journal Reader.

The story that I got stuck on and just forced myself to pick up and finish was They Came Out Like Ants! It was about searching for tunnels where Chinese workers lived and hid in Mexicali. ( )