This writer’s talent, for all its modernity, seems as if it came out of the last century before the previous one. Irwin Shaw became one of the few writers able to clothe “high literature” in a deceptively simple form. He combined in his works depth, the exciting momentum of a tense intrigue, and an astonishing knowledge of human psychology.
Contents:
The Error of the Dead Jockey
A Spicy Story
How It’s Done in France
Peter the Second
The Century of Common Sense
A Kiss in Croton Falls
There Were Three of Us
The Sunny Shores of the River Lethe
A Friend’s Wedding
From America to Europe, from Europe to America