A combination of Jolley's two short story collections, Five Acre Virgin and The Travelling Entertainer, these stories focus on people overcoming or being overcome by life's challenges. They are wise, funny, and often perverse works by a unique author.
- ISBN10 0670821136
- ISBN13 9780670821136
- Publish Date 28 July 1988
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 October 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Viking
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English