The man who loved attending funerals and other stories
By: Frank Collymore ; edited by Harold Barratt and Reinhard Sander.
Contributors: Barratt, Harold.; Sander, Reinhard.
Series: Caribbean writers series; Caribbean writers series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Oxford; Portsmouth, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Caribbean Area -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Description: Frank Collymore was at the centre of the West Indian literary renaissance of the forties and fifties. He was a master of the short story, bringing together a mordant wit and a sympathetic understanding of human failings to tackle subjects ranging from the eccentric to the psychotic. This collection includes 'Shadows', a sombre depiction of alienation, a satirical dissection of social climbing in 'RSVP to Mrs Bush-Hall', and in 'The Snag' a young boy's growing pains are written about with gentle irony.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.