The title novella was originally entitled Alves and Company and is a tale of seduction and bourgeois susceptabilities. It is accompanied by a selection of Eca de Queiro's short stories.
- ISBN10 1857540344
- ISBN13 9781857540345
- Publish Date 19 August 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 July 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Carcanet Press Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 180
- Language English