A review by kewlpinguino
Honored Guest by Joy Williams

4.0

Joy Williams is great. I've read that that this collection isn't her best, which means I'll probably like her other stuff more, which would be pretty great. Her stories are oblique as hell, like George Saunders, but they manage to show a certain American mood of quiet disillusionment that never quite manifests (even when the stories are set abroad). "Congress" was strange but funny, "The Visiting Privilege" was intriguing, and the title story was great too.