Cressida Connolly

No one would want to live in Jane Gardam’s stories – but they’re an amazing place to visit

A review of The Stories, by Jane Gardam. The people in this novel may be a dying breed, but there is nothing old-fashioned about the storytelling

Jane Gardam Photo: Getty 
issue 24 May 2014
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  • The Stories

    Jane Gardam

    Little, Brown, pp. 464

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