Author: MACLAVERTY, BERNARD
Title: Walking the dog, and other stories
Description: New York : Norton 1995. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Edition; First edition and first printing. Physical description; 198 pages ; 22 cm. Contents; On the art of the short story -- Walking the dog -- The voyeur -- The grandmaster -- The fountain pen shop woman -- A silent retreat -- Looking out the window. 1 -- At the beach -- By train -- The wake house -- A visit to Norway -- In bed -- This fella I knew -- A foreign dignitary -- O'Donnell v. Your Man -- compensations -- St Mungo's mansion -- Just visiting -- Looking out the window. 2.Summary; A collection from an Irish writer. In the title story a man is kidnapped by the IRA while walking his dog. in Silent Retreat. a Catholic schoolboy has a theological debate with a Protestant jail guard. and The Grandmaster is on a chess game in Spain which turns into a catalyst for grief and redemption. Subjects; Short stories. ISBN: 0393037584. Weight in Kg appr.:

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