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William Trevor was born in County Cork in 1928 and spent his childhood in various provincial Irish towns. He went to Trinity College, Dublin and then to England in 1953. He now lives in Devon. In 1977 William Trevor received an honorary CBE in recognition of his services to literature, and in 1998 he was awarded the prestigious David Cohen British Literature Prize for a lifetime's achievement in writing.
A collection of new stories from one of the finest writers of his day. Many of these tales are set in Trevor's native Ireland and deal with ordinary people struggling to make their way in the world: a father vainly hopes for his daughter to marry; a son returns home for his father's funeral but finds himself the reluctant inheritor of the family farm. Trevor writes with poignancy and precision and with an eye for detail that ensures each story hits its mark. Even those who ordinarily prefer novels to short stories should read this master exponent of the form. (Kirkus UK)
