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Praise for the writing of William Trevor:
"The genius of William Trevor is that he can entice you into his fictional terrain in a handful of pages."
--"Literary Review" (UK)
"Trevor invites comparison with the great masters of the short story. Like Chekhov, he has the power of getting into the skin of ordinary, unspecial, even rather dim people and showing the richness of their inner lives."
--"The Independent on Sunday" (UK)

"From the Hardcover edition."

a [A] magisterial new collection . . . These stories stay in the mind long after theyare finished.a
a"The New York Times Book Review"
a These stories possess an unwavering moral center that is in itself a measure of greatness.a
a"The Boston Globe"

[A] magisterial new collection . . . These stories stay in the mind long after they re finished.
"The New York Times Book Review"
These stories possess an unwavering moral center that is in itself a measure of greatness.
"The Boston Globe"

? [A] magisterial new collection . . . These stories stay in the mind long after they?re finished.?
?"The New York Times Book Review"

? These stories possess an unwavering moral center that is in itself a measure of greatness.?
?"The Boston Globe"

One dozen tales by the author of A Bit on the Side follow such themes as regret, adultery, and aging, in a collection that features stories about a chance encounter between two childhood friends, a newly widowed man's memories, and a family's struggle with the sale of ancestral land. Reprint.