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Upon reading the first few lines I was reeled in. Bernieres is a favourite author and story teller.
There's something soothing about his use of words, almost as if an old man is reciting memories to you.
Favourite stories from this collection:
Labels
Romance on the Underground
The Two Dolphins
Gunter Weber's Confession (A follow up story of a character from Captain Corelli)

I was introduced to Bernieres work via 'Captain Corellis Mandolin' and it is one of my all time favourite books because I spent my early 20's in Cyprus and living in student accomdation with Cypriots in Lancashire, UK too. The Greeks are dear to my heart and so Captain Corellis Mandolin made me both chuckle and cry.
I then went on to read 'Birds without Wings' which was just as wonderful and heart-wrenching.

Labels is warm, witty and a quirky exploration of what it is to be human. Another beautiful book of his.
The only issue I had was that whilst every main character came from beautiful cultures, all of them were men. The same can be said about Captain Corelli (with the exception of Pelagia as a side character)....I hope his other books or future books have an interesting female protagonist.

I didn't know Bernieres is a poet...I shall be reading more of his work for sure!