Buying on Time
`The stories are funny, discerning, sharply observed, and unobtrusively well written. Reading them is as easy as breathing.'`The anecdotes, extended scenes and burgeoning imagination that make up these stories are tightly composed and sharply focused. The book manages to be both harsh and sympathetic. It welds humour, tragedy and the personal embarrassments we all live through in a colourful and memorable way.'`... a significant contribution -- spare, lively prose rich in observed detail.'(Philip Marchand)