num_pages: 256
description: William Trevor is truly a Chekhov for our age, and a new collection of stories from him is always a cause for celebration. 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 and rural life.
language: English
title: A Bit on the Side
titlecomplete: A Bit on the Side
genres: Literature, Audiobook, Literary Fiction, Irish Literature, 21st Century, Adult, Fiction, Short Stories, Short Story Collection, Ireland
ratings_count: 1090
publisher: Viking Adult