This collection of nineteen short stories covers domestic and international settings.Often the beginning sets up a fall; the kind shopkeeper becomes a non-person, the adverts turn into lies, the haunting painting comes to life. Included are prizewinning stories from the Molly Keane Award,the Michael McLaverty Award and the Bill Naughton Award shortlist.
"Little-known but gifted poet,Pat Jourdan, of the Liverpool School" - Ian McEwan,p137 in 'Saturday.'