A review by joymargot
Let Me Tell You by Shirley Jackson, Laurence Jackson Hyman

5.0

The trouble with reading anything by Shirley Jackson is that everything else seems a bit shit by comparison. A slight exaggeration perhaps, but my tolerance for bad writing has definitely diminished recently. 

I didn’t realise it was a mix of short stories and non-fiction and was initially a little disappointed, but the Humour & Family and Craft of Writing sections were some of my favourites!

Not every short story was a triumph for me but there are some absolute corkers. I particularly enjoyed Paranoia and Mrs Spencer and the Oberons, which achieve Shirley’s classic balance of deliciously unsettling and unexpectedly humorous.