Title: The world's smallest unicorn : and other stories /
Authors: Mackay, Shena
Publisher: Jonathan Cape,
Year: 1999
Abstract: "A would-be biographer visits a home for retired clowns. An ex-pat returns from Hong Kong to find his family and London disconcertingly changed. An elderly woman, once an intrepid journalist, is paralysed with apprehension at the thought of meeting the daughter of her dearest friend. A budding writer is taken on as amanuensis by a famous woman novelist, with disastrous results..."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: The worlds smallest unicorn -- Crossing the border -- Death by Art deco -- The wilderness club -- Trouser ladies -- The index of embarrassment --A silver summer -- The day of the gecko -- Barbarians -- The last sand dance.