(New York): Viking, 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A collection of 48 short stories; selected by *The New York Times Book Review* as one of their "Ten Best Books" for 2010.

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Selected as one of The New York Times Book Review 's 10 Best Books of the Year. Four-time winner of the O. Henry Prize, three-time winner of the Whitbread Award, and five-time nominee for the Booker Prize, William Trevor is one of the most acclaimed authors of our era. Over a career spanning more than half a century, Trevor has crafted exquisitely rendered tales that brilliantly illuminate the human condition. A powerful collection by "the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language" ( The New Yorker ), Selected Stories brings together forty-eight stories from After Rain, The Hill Bachelors, A Bit on the Side , and Cheating at Canasta .

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Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 528015
Title: Selected Stories
Author: TREVOR, William
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0670022063
ISBN 13: 9780670022069
Publisher: Viking
Place of Publication: (New York)
Date Published: 2010
Keywords: IrishLiterature, ShortStories

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