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William Trevor is one of the renowned figures in contemporary literature, described as 'the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language' by the New Yorker and acclaimed for his haunting and profound insights into the human heart.
Here is the ultimate collection of his short fiction, with dozens of tales spanning his career and ranging from the moving to the macabre, the humorous to the haunting. From the penetrating 'Memories of Youghal' to the bittersweet 'Bodily Secrets' and the elegiac 'Two More Gallants', here are masterpieces of insight, depth, drama and humanity, acutely rendered by a modern master.
About the Author
William Trevor is the author of twenty-nine books, including Felicia’s Journey, which won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and was made into a motion picture. In 1996 he was the recipient of the Lannan Award for Fiction. In 2001, he won the Irish Times Literature Prize for fiction. Two of his books were chosen by The New York Times as best books of the year, and his short stories appear regularly in the New Yorker. In 1997, he was named Honorary Commander of the British Empire. He lives in Devon, England.
| A Meeting in Middle Age | p. 1 |
| Access to the Children | p. 14 |
| The General's Day | p. 30 |
| Memories of Youghal | p. 46 |
| The Table | p. 56 |
| A School Story | p. 69 |
| The Penthouse Apartment | p. 80 |
| In at the Birth | p. 102 |
| The Introspections of J.P. Powers | p. 113 |
| The Day We Got Drunk on Cake | p. 120 |
| Miss Smith | p. 133 |
| The Hotel of the Idle Moon | p. 142 |
| Nice Day at School | p. 154 |
| The Original Sins of Edward Tripp | p. 168 |
| The Forty-seventh Saturday | p. 180 |
| The Ballroom of Romance | p. 189 |
| A Happy Family | p. 205 |
| The Grass Widows | p. 217 |
| The Mark-2 Wife | p. 239 |
| An Evening with John Joe Dempsey | p. 255 |
| Kinkies | p. 274 |
| Going Home | p. 285 |
| A Choice of Butchers | p. 302 |
| O Fat White Woman | p. 316 |
| Raymond Bamber and Mrs Fitch | p. 333 |
| The Distant Past | p. 349 |
| In Isfahan | p. 357 |
| Angels at the Ritz | p. 374 |
| The Death of Peggy Meehan | p. 391 |
| Mrs Silly | p. 400 |
| A Complicated Nature | p. 418 |
| Teresa's Wedding | p. 430 |
| Office Romances | p. 439 |
| Mr McNamara | p. 455 |
| Afternoon Dancing | p. 468 |
| Last Wishes | p. 480 |
| Mrs Acland's Ghosts | p. 501 |
| Another Christmas | p. 514 |
| Broken Homes | p. 522 |
| Matilda's England | p. 536 |
| The Tennis Court | p. 536 |
| The Summer-house | p. 551 |
| The Drawing-room | p. 569 |
| Torridge | p. 595 |
| Death in Jerusalem | p. 613 |
| Lovers of Their Time | p. 627 |
| The Raising of Elvira Tremlett | p. 645 |
| Flights of Fancy | p. 660 |
| Attracta | p. 675 |
| A Dream of Butterflies | p. 691 |
| The Bedroom Eyes of Mrs Vansittart | p. 704 |
| Downstairs at Fitzgerald's | p. 718 |
| Mulvihill's Memorial | p. 734 |
| Beyond the Pale | p. 749 |
| The Blue Dress | p. 772 |
| The Teddy-bears' Picnic | p. 785 |
| The Time of Year | p. 800 |
| Being Stolen From | p. 810 |
| Mr Tennyson | p. 826 |
| Autumn Sunshine | p. 836 |
| Sunday Drinks | p. 852 |
| The Paradise Lounge | p. 860 |
| Mags | p. 870 |
| The News from Ireland | p. 881 |
| On the Zattere | p. 907 |
| The Wedding in the Garden | p. 922 |
| Lunch in Winter | p. 938 |
| The Property of Colette Nervi | p. 949 |
| Running Away | p. 964 |
| Cocktails at Doney's | p. 979 |
| Her Mother's Daughter | p. 992 |
| Bodily Secrets | p. 1007 |
| Two More Gallants | p. 1025 |
| The Smoke Trees of San Pietro | p. 1034 |
| Virgins | p. 1048 |
| Music | p. 1070 |
| Events at Drimaghleen | p. 1086 |
| Family Sins | p. 1101 |
| A Trinity | p. 1119 |
| The Third Party | p. 1135 |
| Honeymoon in Tramore | p. 1150 |
| The Printmaker | p. 1162 |
| In Love with Ariadne | p. 1174 |
| A Husband's Return | p. 1192 |
| Coffee with Oliver | p. 1204 |
| August Saturday | p. 1217 |
| Children of the Headmaster | p. 1233 |
| Kathleen's Field | p. 1245 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 1263 |
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ISBN: 9780140232455
ISBN-10: 0140232451
Audience:
General
For Ages: 18+ years old
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 1280
Published: May 2009
Dimensions (cm): 22.8 x 15.2
x 5.2
Weight (kg): 1.184
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