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    A Bit on the Side

    Author William Trevor
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    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Books
    On sale Sep 27, 2005 | 256 Pages | 9780143035916
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    William Trevor's Last Stories is forthcoming from Viking.

    In these twelve stories, a waiter divulges a shocking life of crime to his ex-wife; a woman repeats the story of her parents’ unstable marriage after a horrible tragedy; a schoolgirl regrets gossiping about the cuckolded man who tutors her; and, in the volume’s title story, a middle-aged accountant offers his reasons for ending a love affair. At the heart of this stunning collection is Trevor’s characteristic tenderness and unflinching eye for both the humanizing and dehumanizing aspects of modern urban and rural life.
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    William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, and spent his childhood in provincial Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin. He has written many novels and short story collections and has won many prizes, including the Hawthornden Prize and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. The Story of Lucy Gault was shortlisted for both the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread Fiction Prize. In 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature. View titles by William Trevor
    "Every story here is a model example of just how much a great writer can reveal in a short space." —Newsweek

    "A Bit on the Side is a wonderful book… William Trevor really is the best short story writer alive." —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post

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    William Trevor's Last Stories is forthcoming from Viking.

    In these twelve stories, a waiter divulges a shocking life of crime to his ex-wife; a woman repeats the story of her parents’ unstable marriage after a horrible tragedy; a schoolgirl regrets gossiping about the cuckolded man who tutors her; and, in the volume’s title story, a middle-aged accountant offers his reasons for ending a love affair. At the heart of this stunning collection is Trevor’s characteristic tenderness and unflinching eye for both the humanizing and dehumanizing aspects of modern urban and rural life.

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      NYPL Books to Remember

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    © Jane Bown
    William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, and spent his childhood in provincial Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin. He has written many novels and short story collections and has won many prizes, including the Hawthornden Prize and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. The Story of Lucy Gault was shortlisted for both the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread Fiction Prize. In 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature. View titles by William Trevor

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    "Every story here is a model example of just how much a great writer can reveal in a short space." —Newsweek

    "A Bit on the Side is a wonderful book… William Trevor really is the best short story writer alive." —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post

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