A review by coffeecrusader
The Puglist at Rest by Thom Jones

4.0

It's hard to adequately sum up my feelings for this one. A few stories in this collection are among my favorites (the titular story, "The Black Lights," "The White Horse"), then there are some just decent stories, as well as a few stinkers. Jones was a writer who, like a good boxer, found his winning combo and stuck to it. Temporal lobe damage, boxing, sex, Vietnam, those were his trademarks. Sometimes that stuff works better, and sometimes it feels like late additions to stories that really wouldn't be changed by their inclusion.

Still, when he's on, he's brilliant. The best stories in this collection really sing.