Description
Richard Yates was acclaimed as one of the most powerful, compassionate and accomplished writers of America's post-war generation. Whether addressing the smothered desire of suburban housewives, the white-collar despair of Manhattan office workers or the heartbreak of a single mother with artistic pretensions, Yates ruthlessly examines the hopes and disappointments of ordinary people with empathy and humour.
Contents: Doctor Jack-o'-Lantern — The best of everything — Jody rolled the bones — No pain whatsoever — A glutton for punishment — A wrestler with sharks — Fun with a stranger — The B.A.R. man — A really good jazz piano — Out with the old — Builders — Oh, Joseph, I'm so tired — A natural girl — Trying out for the race — Liars in love — A compassionate leave — Regards at home — Saying goodbye to Sally — The canal — A clinical romance — Bells in the morning — Evening on the Cote d'Azur — Thieves — A private possession — The comptroller and the wild wind — A last fling, like — A convalescent ego.