I’ve been wanting to try out some Peter Ho Davies ever since his novel “The Welsh Girl” was longlisted for the Booker prize (I am generally a fan of lots of stuff on the Booker long and short lists). Just happened to see this collection while in the library checking out Robertson Davies (for our March challenge) so I decided to check them out.

Intriguing and unusual mix of stories, representing his unusual background of 1/2 Welsh, 1/2 Chinese. Some of the Welsh stories felt very Australian to me — if you’ve ever been to Australia, after having spent time in England, it’s an interesting mix of British & Asian influences. These were entertaining, interesting and some really nice language choices. My favorite story was “A Union.”