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batrock's review against another edition
3.0
A mixed collection of short stories, The Book of Right and Wrong fares best when it's not trying dark twists in its tales or being excessively mean-spirited. Strange jabs at Back to the Future and stranger jabs at teenaged homosexuality in the eighties are only a couple of the things that prevented me from giving this book four stars, because Debenham is clearly a man who can go for power and profundity in the creation of a moment; it's perhaps not his fault that he more than occasionally falls into the traps all too common in the short story form.
nafspac's review against another edition
4.0
The story "Failure to Thrive" was so jaw-dropping and disturbing (in a good way) that I had to put the book down for several days before I felt safe to pick it up again. That story blew me away.
jessloveslit's review against another edition
4.0
These stories were really intriguing. Unpredictable plots, and a great, non judgemental view on the best and the worst of us. It's also interesting to me how the thing I disliked about the last short story collection I read, characters that carry over from story to story, was one of the things I enjoyed most about this short story collection.
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