Great collection of short stories. I like the last one (Masque of the Red Death) best, it was the most pointed and vicious and felt like it was a bit of catharsis on Doctorow's part. The main character in the first (Unauthorized Bread) was a little too much of an author proxy to be believable but I appreciated the world building. It's a solid dystopian read with left wing leanings, and there's nothing wrong with that.