Granta 28: The Anniversary Issue Book

I recently came across Granta 28 from 1989 and decided to read it, because it has pieces from several writers I admired (Salman Rusdie, Nadine Gordimer, Leonard Michaels, Jay McInerney, John Updike, and Mario Vargas Llosa) as well as pieces from writers I have been aware of but haven't read (such as Guy Davenport, William Boyd, Jeanette Winterson, Joy Williams, and Colin Thurbron). There were also a couple of photography collections: Marketa Luskacova's "Pilgrims in Ireland" and Eugene Richards' "Americans." Most pieces were of interest to me and some of the standouts included: John Simpson's tense non fiction piece ""Tiananmen Square, "Gordiner's "The Ultimate Safari," Boyd's "Transfigured Night," Russel Hoban's inventive meta-fiction "The Man with the Daggar," and "Jimmy" by McInerney. It is a good collection of interesting short pieces.