Book description
I> and
Desert
. This new volume of tales show, however, that he had no intention of
abandoning the short story, and it displays, besides, a breadth of
treatment and sureness of touch considerably in advance of the Bazaar
and the earlier Puppet Show
. Like them, it contains a selection which ranges from fantastic farce,
as in Aunt Hetty
, to grim realism, as in The Patrol
. Some novel readers say they do not like short stories. This is a book
which will dispel their prejudice. I>, Martin Armstrong has written
two novels, The Goat and CompassesThe Bazaar<
I> and Desert. This new volume of tales show,
however, that he had no intention of abandoning the short story, and
it displays, besides, a breadth of treatment and sureness of touch
considerably in advance of the Bazaar and the earlier Puppet
Show. Like them, it contains a selection which ranges from
fantastic farce, as in Aunt Hetty, to grim realism, as in
The Patrol. Some novel readers say they do not like short
stories. This is a book which will dispel their prejudice. I>,
Martin Armstrong has written two novels, The Goat and CompassesThe
Bazaar<
