Amongst the characters in this collection of short stories are the upright Mrs Allen, who unwittingly provides an alibi for her slackly corseted home help, and Emily, who has written fluent, amusing letters to a distinguished novelist for 10 years but descends into small talk when they meet.
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Reviews
How skilfully and with what peculiar exhilaration she negotiated the minefield of the human heart
Brilliantly amusing
An eye as sharply all-seeing as her prose-style is elegant -- even the humdrum becomes astonishing
A wonderful novelist
