A review by cseibs
McSweeney's Issue 46: Thirteen Crime Stories from Latin America by Dave Eggers

3.0

Some pretty solid stories. I think I'm torn between liking the stories and being a little horrified by them because of the subject matter of the collection. They were well-written and well-told, but I was always a little leery of the theme. Some places in Latin America have something of a reputation for being for being violent places. Designing a story collection around the violence of these countries felt a little gratuitous. For me, the letters to the editor at the beginning - which were not about crime - were the best part of this collection.