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Tell Tale

Jeffrey Archer

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Macmillan
31 October 2017
"Master storyteller Jeffrey Archer returns with Tell Tale, a new collection of brilliant short stories. Poignant, engrossing and captivating; this is Archer at his spellbinding best.

""Stylish, witty and constantly entertaining ... Jeffrey Archer has a natural aptitude for short stories"" The Times

Nearly a decade after his last volume of short stories was published, Archer returns with his eagerly-awaited, brand-new collection Tell Tale, giving us a fascinating, exciting and sometimes poignant insight into the people he has met, the stories he has come across and the countries he has visited during the past ten years.

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 1930s 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.

PRAISE FOR JEFFREY ARCHER'S SHORT STORIES

""Somerset Maugham never penned anything so swift or urbanely witty as this"" Publishers Weekly

""The short story has always been Jeffrey Archer's strong suit and here he grips you quickly, puts you on the scent of a mystery, and moves you towards a charming moment of revelation"" The Scotsman

""Outstanding . . . white-knuckle suspense and witty denouements. An enjoyable, suspense-filled rival to Roald Dahl"" Daily Express

""If there was a Nobel prize for storytelling, Archer would win"" Daily Telegraph"

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Imprint:   Macmillan
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   Main Market Ed.
Dimensions:   Height: 240mm,  Width: 162mm,  Spine: 27mm
Weight:   512g
ISBN:   9781447252290
ISBN 10:   1447252292
Pages:   288
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jeffrey Archer, whose novels and short stories include Kane and Abel, A Prisoner of Birth and Cat O' Nine Tales, has topped the bestseller lists around the world, with sales of over 275 million copies. He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction, short stories and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries). The author is married to Dame Mary Archer, and they have two sons, two grandsons and a granddaughter.

Reviews for Tell Tale

Stylish, witty and constantly entertaining . . . Jeffrey Archer has a natural aptitude for short stories * The Times * If there was a Nobel Prize for storytelling, Archer would win * Daily Telegraph * The short story has always been Jeffrey Archer's strong suit and here he grips you quickly, puts you on the scent of a mystery, and moves you towards a charming moment of revelation * The Scotsman * His dialogue is seamless, and even in short form, Archer has a gift for memorable characters. * Kirkus Reviews *


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