Book review: The Virginity Of Famous Men by Christine Sneed

There is something curiously fascinating about being offered a snapshot of another person’s everyday life, their internal dialogue, everyday struggles, and choices they make.

Often it is the more seemingly mundane stories that deliver something unexpectedly poetic and poignant. This is what Christine Sneed has accomplished in her short story collection.

Author of Portraits Of A Few Of The People I’ve Made Cry, Sneed ingeniously utilises the short story to offer a small, but powerful, glimpse into the web of the human condition that would not have been possible in a different form. As expected, some stories are stronger than others.