My Hard Bargain, by Walter Kirn

I'll give this one a big fat "meh." The stories weren't terrible, but weren't great either, and I was very unimpressed with Kirn's research--or lack thereof--about Mormons. He calls a non-missionary an "Elder," which is incorrect because, although other men may technically be elders, they are not referred to as such, and, what's more, it's a non-missionary who becomes a bishop, meaning he wouldn't be an elder at all, he'd be a High Priest. In another story, a character talks about his parents being in Mesa doing temple work, baptizing the dead, which is strange because adults doing temple work would probably be doing endowments, not baptisms, and mentions that a certain girl had been picked by their bishop to write to a missionary, and that they would get married later--something that is certainly inaccurate, because while girls do write to missionaries and sometimes marry them later, they're certainly not chosen by the bishop.

In addition to all that, the stories were lackluster and only halfway interesting. This one, alas, was a waste of time.