by JonathanKeates (Author)
A collection of stories - of longing and passion, ecstasy and betrayal. A mighty angel appears in a girl's bedroom, watched by a terrified cat; a young wife in Aix-les-Bains takes a lover who fancies her clothes; an Italian boy in knickerbockers steals cherries and plunges into hot adult secrets.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 252
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Published: 03 Apr 1997
ISBN 10: 0701166185
ISBN 13: 9780701166182
Book Overview: The author won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Hawthornden Prize for his first volume of stories, Allegro Postillions .