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madameroyale's review against another edition
5.0
What a wonderful collection! I didn’t love every story, but I still couldn’t resist giving it five stars, because Hessler’s writing is the sort that you mark up as a reference for how to be better. My favorites were “Boomtown Girl”, “The Uranium Widows”, “Quartet”, “Go West”, and “Dr. Don”. As someone who just read Toyko Vice, I really enjoyed seeing the alternative perspective on Jake Adelstein and his work in “All Due Respect” as well. “Go West” and “Dr. Don” will probably stick with me the most; I particularly liked the introspection of “Go West”. I can’t wait to order Hessler's other books.
_zora_'s review against another edition
5.0
Nice to read a bunch of Hessler's stories all together--a few of these I had caught in the New Yorker before, but most of them I'd missed. He has such a warm, fond way of writing about China, and I also enjoyed the pieces about Colorado, which made a good juxtaposition.
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