Philip Hensher

The short story in Britain today: enough to make Conan Doyle weep

A review of Honeydew by the American writer Edith Pearlman suggests that while the short story may be flourishing in the States, its counterpart over here is shamefully neglected

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    Edith Pearlman

    John Murray, pp. 280

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