A Bag of Moonshine

A funny, bittersweet and uncanny collection of English and Welsh folk tales, vividly told with rhythm and poetry. I read this when I was about twelve years old, a teacher borrowed it and I forgot about it until I was already at high school. I recently tracked down a copy and was pleased to discover that adulthood has not dulled the magic of stories of wily foxes, cunning boggarts or strange women in the water.

A collection of folk tales/fairy stories. Quick to read - none of them really wowed me, but I do like Garner's use of language.

This book contains a bunch of short stories. Some of the stories I enjoyed - many I did not. However that criticism should be tempered by oting I am not a huge fan of the short story form - I find them very hit and miss, and for me that summed this book up too.