A Bit on the Side (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: William Trevor Cox
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Time of Work: 2004
- Setting: Ireland and England
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Restaurants, bars, taverns, or pubs, England or English people, Adultery, Accidents, Death or dying, Ireland or Irish people, 2000’s
- Locales: England, Ireland
Although about half of Irish writer William Trevor's more than forty books are novels, Trevor is at his best in his carefully honed, deeply nuanced short stories. Indeed, he has been critically acclaimed as the finest writer of short fiction alive in the English-speaking world. A Bit on the Side solidifies the writer's reputation. The twelve stories contained here demonstrate Trevor's mastery of his craft. The prose is taut yet poetic, finely wrought yet compassionate.
Trevor's stories are all set in either Ireland or England, in both rural locations and large cities. For...
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