Tell tale : stories
Title:
Tell tale : stories
Author:
Archer, Jeffrey, 1940- author.
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Uniform Title:
Short stories. Selections
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Publication Information:
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Physical Description:
259 pages ; 25 cm
Summary:
Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to find out Who Killed the Mayor? and the pretentious schoolboy in A Road to Damascus, whose discovery of the origins of his father's wealth changes his life in the most profound way. Revel in the stories of the 1930's woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League University in A Gentleman and A Scholar while another young woman who thumbs a lift gets more than she bargained for in A Wasted Hour. These wonderfully engaging and always refreshingly original tales prove not only why Archer has been compared by the critics to Dahl and Maugham, but why he was described by The Times as probably the greatest storyteller of our age.
Language:
English
Contents:
Unique -- Who killed the mayor? -- View of Auvers-sur-Oise -- A gentleman and a scholar -- All's fair in love and war -- The car park attendant -- A wasted hour -- The road to Damascus -- The cuckold -- The holiday of a lifetime -- Double or quits -- The senior vice president -- A good toss to lose -- The perfect murder.
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Added Author:
ISBN:
9781250066923
Format :
Book
