Munro) stands alongside Anton Chekhov and O Henry as a master of the short story. His extraordinary stories are a mixture of humorous satire, irony and the macabre, in which the stupidities and hypocrisy of conventional society are viciously pilloried. This collection includes Sredni Vastar and The Unrest Cure. 'We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other married couples they sometimes live apart'[Description from back cover]

    Includes a number of stories taken from Very Good, Jeeves

    

    

    The simple truth is that he is inimitable. He is funny and he is profound; he is clever and he is surprisingly penetrating; there are always both ryhme and reason in his sensible nonsense. For this Modern Library edition, Ogden Nash has made his selection of 165 of his most representative poems, each one a gem of humour and light-hearted wisdom.