Books like People in Glass Houses

I liked this collection of interrelated short-stories. My understanding is that each was first published in The New Yorker. And while the soul-crushing, labyrinthine absurdities of the bureaucracies of the huge international Organization (read the U.N.) are not earth-shattering now, I wouldn't be surprised if these stories ruffled more than a few feathers when they were first published.The narratorial voice can be sly, even snide, and there are more than a few knowing chuckles for the reader. One story is very much a precursor to The Bay of Noon, which I found interesting to see as a part of Hazzard's development as a novelist. In some ways this collection can be seen as a novel: it's certainly the most connected set of stories I've come across in a long time.Now that I've read all of Hazzard's fiction, I'll need to reread her great novels one day. She deserves that.