From the inimitable Jane Gardam, whose Old Filth trilogy cemented her status as one of England’s greatest living novelists, comes a collection of short stories that showcase her subversive wit, gentle humor, and insight into the human condition. Gardam’s versatility is on full display, while her sublime grasp of language and powers of observation remain as provocative as ever.

Jane Gardam
Jane Gardam has been twice awarded the Whitbread Prize and was also a Booker prize finalist. She is winner of the David Higham Prize, the Royal Society for Literature’s Winifred Holtby Prize, the Katherine Mansfield Prize, and the Silver Pen Award from PEN. Her novels include God on the Rocks, shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Old Filth, finalist for the Orange Prize; The Man in the Wooden Hat, finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and Last Friends, finalist for the Folio Award. She lives in the south of England near the sea. In 1999 Jane Gardam was awarded the Heywood Hill Literary Prize in recognition of a distinguished literary career.

• Apr 7 2015
  Guest Post by Roger Moore: Notes from Vanderbilt in Spring - "While Gardam’s stories chronicle life in a particularly confusing moment in British history, her stories confront a range of universal themes and subjects."
  
• Dec 14 2014
  The Seattle Times: Best Books of 2014
  
• Sep 1 2014
  NewPages Book Reviews: "Gardam's preference for short stories shows in this extraordinary collection of great writing."
  
• Aug 10 2014
  New York Times Editor's Choice: "Unexpected appearances of figures from the past drive many of these sly, bighearted tales."
  
• Aug 4 2014
  The New York Times Sunday Book Review: "They should inspire a well-deserved double take."
  
• Jul 31 2014
  The Stories of Jane Gardam makes the top ten fiction works of 2014 on TopList