The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber & Other Stories

The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber is a collection of short stories by Hemingway, named after the primary story.These were really hit and miss for me. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber – Set in Africa, the story of a husband and wife on a hunting safari with a guide. I enjoyed this story, and I thought it was well constructed. 4/5.A Clean, Well-Lighted Space - Two waiters, a barman and a drunk, in a café probably in Spain. Strange little story, but ok. 3/5The Sea Change - Terrible. 1/5The Mother of a Queen - Set somewhere they use Pesos – maybe Mexico. Story about the financial betrayal of a friend. 2/5Wine of Wyoming - Annoyingly contains lots of French dialogue, which I am not clever enough to understand. The story wasn't interesting enough to stimulate me to use google translate to find out. 2/5God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen - Arguing doctors. 2/5The Gambler, The Nun, and the Radio - Didn't hold much interest this story. Not even sure what is was about, despite the start being about a man who was shot, and the interviewing of witnesses. 2/5Fathers and sons - Fathers and sons across three generations. Strange, but ok. 3/5Homage to Switzerland - Separate POV stories of events in a café occurring at the same time, strange and repetitive, but an interesting writing device – perhaps not ultimately successful in this story. Sort of went nowhere! 3/5.Which sort of leaves me confused – some really good and some really bad, some average in between. I didn't really like Hemingways [b:The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories 10066206 The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories Ernest Hemingway https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1360393055s/10066206.jpg 621924] - which is his other short stories collection I have read. Maybe I don't get his short stories? 22 stars over 9 books leaves this at 2.5 stars out of 5. Rounding up to 3 as the title story was good.