William Trevor's new collection of stories is his first since the highly acclaimed AFTER RAIN. It contains a dozen new stories, mostly set in Ireland, that show Trevor at the height of his powers. With understatement and precision he writes about the lonely and the sad, about those that barely have control over their lives and those who have something to hide. In 'Three People' a father waits for the proposal for his daughter that will never come; in 'Against the Odds', a con-woman has businessthat takes her all across the Six Counties; and in the poignant title-story, a youngest son returns home for his father's funeral and stays to run the farm.
- ISBN10 078624481X
- ISBN13 9780786244812
- Publish Date 1 November 2002 (first published 5 October 2000)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 April 2021
- Imprint Thorndike Press
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Language English