num_pages: 592
description: The cut-glass bowl --May Day --The diamond as big as the Ritz --The rich boy --An alcoholic case --The lees of happiness --Gretchen's forty winks --The last of the belles --Babylon revisited --Financing Finnegan --Pat Hobby's Christmas wish --A man in the way --"Boil some water - lots of it" --Teamed with genius --Pat Hobby and Orson Welles --Pat Hobby's secret --Pat Hobby, putative father --The homes of the stars --Pat Hobby does his bit --Pat Hobby's preview --No harm trying --A patriotic short --On the trail of Pat Hobby --Fun in an artist's studio --Two old-timers --Mightier than the sword --Pat Hobby's college days --Bernice bobs her hair --Winter dreams --"The sensible thing" --Absolution --The baby party --A short trip home --Magnetism --The rough crossing --Basil : the freshest boy --Josephine : a woman with a past --Two wrongs --The bridal party --Crazy Sunday --Three hours between planes --The lost decade.
language: English
title: The Collected Short Stories
titlecomplete: The Collected Short Stories
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, American Fiction, Collections, Fiction, Short Stories, The United States Of America
ratings_count: 14525
publisher: Penguin Books