Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
The Collected StoriesA Meeting in Middle AgeAccess to the ChildrenThe General’s DayMemories of YoughalThe TableA School StoryThe Penthouse ApartmentIn at the BirthThe Introspections of J. P. PowersThe Day We Got Drunk on CakeMiss SmithThe Hotel of the Idle MoonNice Day at SchoolThe Original Sins of Edward TrippThe Forty-seventh SaturdayThe Ballroom of RomanceA Happy FamilyThe Grass WidowsThe Mark-2 WifeAn Evening with John Joe DempseyKinkiesGoing HomeA Choice of ButchersO Fat White WomanRaymond Bamber and Mrs FitchThe Distant FastIn IsfahanAngels at the RitzThe Death of Peggy MeehanMrs SillyA Complicated NatureTeresa’s WeddingOffice RomancesMr McNamaraAfternoon DancingLast WishesMrs Acland’s GhostsAnother ChristmasBroken HomesMatilda’s EnglandTorridgeDeath in JerusalemLovers of Their TimeThe Raising of Elvira TremlettFlights of FancyAttractaA Dream of ButterfliesThe Bedroom Eyes of Mrs VansittartDownstairs at Fitzgerald’sMulvihill’s MemorialBeyond the PaleThe Blue DressThe Teddy-hears’ PicnicThe Time of YearBeing Stolen FromMr TennysonAutumn SunshineSunday DrinksThe Paradise LoungeMagsThe News from IrelandOn the ZattereThe Wedding in the GardenLunch in WinterThe Property of Colette NerviRunning AwayCocktails at Doney’sHer Mother’s DaughterBodily SecretsTwo More GallantsThe Smoke Trees of San PietroVirginsMusicEvents at DrimaghleenFamily SinsA TrinityThe Third PartyHoneymoon in TramoreThe PrintmakerIn Love with AriadneA Husband’s ReturnCoffee with OliverAugust SaturdayChildren of the HeadmasterKathleen’s Field
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Cover
About the Author
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
The Collected Stories
A Meeting in Middle Age
Access to the Children
The General’s Day
Memories of Youghal
The Table
A School Story
The Penthouse Apartment
In at the Birth
The Introspections of J. P. Powers
The Day We Got Drunk on Cake
Miss Smith
The Hotel of the Idle Moon
Nice Day at School
The Original Sins of Edward Tripp
The Forty-seventh Saturday
The Ballroom of Romance
A Happy Family
The Grass Widows
The Mark-2 Wife
An Evening with John Joe Dempsey
Kinkies
Going Home
A Choice of Butchers
O Fat White Woman
Raymond Bamber and Mrs Fitch
The Distant Fast
In Isfahan
Angels at the Ritz
The Death of Peggy Meehan
Mrs Silly
A Complicated Nature
