Winter tales Book

The worst fiction by GMB I have read to date. These short stories are dull and overly heavy with Catholic symbolism which he beats his readers with mercilessly. He doesn't capture the isles as well as he does in his longer fiction or poetry and indeed the craft of short story writing totally escapes him in this collection. Even though many of these characters show up in other work, it is difficult to care about them. Absolutely no grace nor a smidgen of joy enlivens this work. Not for the casual reader and even a die hard fan might find it difficult to trudge through these pages.