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Affairs, obsessions, grand passions and tiny ardours are illuminated in this collection of 12 wryly humorous tales of love. Whether depicting the innocence and corruption of a honeymoon couple or the frustration of missed sexual opportunities, the stories expose a range of human frailties.
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"The most ingenious, inventive and exciting of our novelists, rich in exactly etched and moving portraits of real human beings . . . A master of storytelling."
V. S. Pritchett, The Times (London)
"Wit, humour and irony. . . deployed with a light touch, and. . . a wicked sense of fun."
The Sunday Times
"In a class by himself. . . The ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man's consciousness and anxiety."
William Golding