I found this based on one of the short stories recommended an age ago in an old writing group. Loved the story, went back to the start, and read them all. For a while I tried reading one a night as a going-to-bed treat but that fell down pretty quickly!

The voice is unique: resolutely present-tense even where explicitly referring to the past, rife with contemporary slang while avoiding contractions, and laden with euphemism and irony around the less-than-legal activities engaged in by many/most of the characters. It is perfectly delightful. ( )

Very well-known stories told in comic New York dialect ( )