Hardcover 183 pages Inside pages look like brand new, binding excellent, doesn't look like it's been read.

Dust jacket damaged during storage, top left hand corner, also in same place hard cover a few grazes.

"This book, Barry Crump's eighth title,his first published collection of short stories. These nineteen stories vary widely in length and setting, mood and technique, but they have one quality in common: the freshness and vitality that have distinguished Crump's work since A Good Keen Man appeared in 1960.

In short, this book depicts, in a rural New Zealand setting, human comedy - a phrase that has two interpretations. In both senses of the phrase, Barry Crump the writer proves his skill"