Towards the end, Monzó takes on popular fairy tales, but adds a twist. Imagine how that'd turn out and you have something like "Why, Why, Why?"
It's sort of like Larry David got together with Chekov. The things that happen to these characters are so absurd, yet exist within the realm of possibility. Many of these stories - "Instability" and "Trojan Euphoria" serving as the two clearest examples - seem predicated on the unfolding of utterly bizarre what-if scenarios, and yet despite the typically tragic way these stories unfold, they have a sort of Seinfeldian quality about them. But upon closer inspection, they feel all too likely. At first glance they seem somewhat fantastical, often consisting of a series of events that result in the characters' lives spiraling out of control. There is something so appealing about Catalan writer Quim Monzó's stories. This may be the best short story collection I've ever read.
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