Cheating at Canasta - Hardcover

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a [A] magisterial new collection . . . These stories stay in the mind long after theyare finished.a
a"The New York Times Book Review"
a These stories possess an unwavering moral center that is in itself a measure of greatness.a
a"The Boston Globe"

[A] magisterial new collection . . . These stories stay in the mind long after they re finished.
"The New York Times Book Review"
These stories possess an unwavering moral center that is in itself a measure of greatness.
"The Boston Globe"

? [A] magisterial new collection . . . These stories stay in the mind long after they?re finished.?
?"The New York Times Book Review"

? These stories possess an unwavering moral center that is in itself a measure of greatness.?
?"The Boston Globe"

A husband sits in Harry's Bar in Venice, thinking of his wife - lost to him now - whose plea has brought him back to one of their favourite haunts. On another table, a young couple quarrel. 'Cheating at Canasta' is the title story of William Trevor's collection, his first since the highly acclaimed A Bit on the Side, and its themes of missed opportunities, the inevitability of change and the powerful but fragmentary quality of our memories are entirely characteristic of his unparalleled oeuvre.

'The short story as Trevor writes it, as Chekhov and Hemingway wrote it, is a novel in miniature, with everything omitted except the significant moment' Alan Massie, Scotsman

'Like Rembrandt, Trevor looks long but charitably upon his creations... his understanding of human nature is acute... wise, calmly written stories' Sunday Times