The buttoned-up world of the British upper classes is exploded by the brilliance,wit and audacity of Saki's bomb-like stories. In'The Open Window'an imaginative teenager gives a visitor the fright of his life. In'The Unrest Cure'the ordered home of a respectable country gent is rocked to its core. And'Laura'expresses the hope of revenge via reincarnation. For punchlines,twists,satire and pure mirth,Saki's stories are second-to-none.
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Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781784871918Number of pages: 704Weight: 506 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 36 mm
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One of the funniest writers in the English language... Saki was incapable of writing a dull sentence,but the final lines of his short stories are works of art in themselvesRead Saki,shiver,then smile. In his mixture of the exotic with the wholly English,of brazen charm with unapologetic spite,he stands aloneSaki writes like an enemy. Society has bored him to the point of murder. Our laughter is only a note or two short of a scream of fearSaki's stories are highly relevant to any society in which convention is confused with morality,and all societies confuse convention with morality,so he'll always be relevantSaki remains,from a distance of a hundred years,just about the sharpest,cruellest,funniest and most elegant short story writer in our language... Saki is like a perfect martini but with absinthe stirred in...heady,delicious and dangerous. Enjoy
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