A collection of stories, of which the title story The Devastating Boys depicts two black waifs from London, guests of a settled country couple. They cause upheaval, but bring unexpected joy and renewal.
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Reviews
A wonderful novelist
Brilliantly amusing
How skilfully and with what peculiar exhilaration she negotiated the minefield of the human heart
An eye as sharply all-seeing as her prose-style is elegant -- even the humdrum becomes astonishing
