This, as well as Hemingway's collected short stories, was a real pleasure to read every time I decided to read and reread this work. Very few short story writers write about things that common people can easily relate to. I never liked reading as a kid, then I found myself absorbed in Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, and Hemingway's writings - mainly thier short stories. Contemporary authors I can think of that hold a match to Hemingway are few and far between. Kurt Vonnegut, J.S. Moore, and John Irving come to mind but that is about it as far as writers I can easily follow and find myself wishing for more from them. Hemingway, though, is my favorite author from that list. "The Killers" is one I recommend from this collection to anyone willing to give Ernest a try.