A Bit on the Side

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A BIT ON THE SIDE

‘A better crafter of stories than Joyce, Chekhov or Updike’ Harpers & Queen

‘He simply never fails. With the subtlest shift of syntax, an expert change of hue, Trevor leads us through twelve little worlds which, taken together form the sensual, forgiving, sad and admiring universe in which he lives’ Herald

‘How to explain the marvel that is William Trevor? He has retained his abiding sense of wonder and a kindly, if all-seeing, curiosity in humankind, its hopes, sins and failures’ Irish Times

‘Trevor continues to be the great chronicler of tiny, painful nuances… to engage and draw the reader into the small human drama’ Economist

‘Original and allusive’ Spectator

‘Hypnotic and leavened with a quiet, dark humour… timeless’ Daily Express

‘Nourishing storytelling full of truth’ Metro

‘Beautiful and remarkable’ Scotsman

‘Characteristically assured and subtle. Spotlighting lives entangled in the past and characters who feel out of their element in today’s world, the stories – shrewd, poignant, ruefully funny – are masterpieces of firmly wrought delicacy, spot-on social observation and psychological and emotional truth’ Sunday Times

‘The master of the genre at the top of his game’ Financial Times

‘Excellent as always’ Allan Massie, Scotsman