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Through Elegant Eyes Stories of Austro and Men Who Know Everything

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5 stars is very subjective here; I loved this, but can see how it wouldn't be to everyone's taste, not even, perhaps, to every Lafferty fan's taste.

This is a short story collection linked together by common characters--Austro, and the men who knew everything (and one who didn't, old Laff himself). The individual stories are very good, some (such as "Brain Fever Season") are extraordinary, as good as anything Lafferty has written, and full of the wonder and wisdom of his weird, wooly way of looking at the world. However, some are pretty mediocre for Lafferty--but they are rescued by the format; the stories that don't work as stories work as chapters in a very strange novel about Austro and company.

All in all, a book that every Lafferty fan should give a try (and certainly every Lafferty fan should read at least some of these stories) but not a good place for a Lafferty neophyte to start.