MIDNIGHT OIL

A CAB AT THE DOOR

First book of the autobiography of the writer V S Pritchett; These memoirs take the reader to the noisy battles between the author's dressy, Micawber-like father and remorselessly gloomy mother.

A CARELESS WIDOW & OTHER STORIES

Set for the most part in London, Cornwall and the South Coast, the stories included in this collection are proof that one of the great masters of the short story is still, in his late eighties, at the height of his powers; and one of them, "Cocky Olly" - the story of two runaway children - is widely considered to be among the very best he has written.