To Cot A Long Story Since|报价￥40.50|图书,进口原版,Literature & Fiction 文学/小说,British 英国,Jeffrey Archer
品牌：Jeffrey Archer
基本信息
·出版社：HarperCollins Publisher
·页码：419 页码
·出版日：2000年
·ISBN：9780007773596
·条码：9780007773596
·版次：Paperback
·装帧：平装
·开本：32 32
内容简介
Book Description
The latest short-story collection from the master storyteller. The fourteen – all new - stories show Jeffrey Archer’s great skills with a wide variety of character, of subject and of setting, but all with that trademark twist in the tail.
Every reader will have their own favorites: the choices run from love at first sight across the train tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks, from the quirks of the legal profession – and those who are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar – to the creative financial talents of a member of Her Majesty’s diplomatic service – but for a good cause. The last story, ‘The Grass is Always Greener’, is possibly the best piece Archer has written, and will haunt you for the rest of your life.
Book Dimension
length: (cm)17.8 width:(cm)10.9
作者简介
Jeffrey Archer is a master storyteller, the author of ten novels which have all been world-wide bestsellers.Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Lesswas his first book, and it achieved instant success. Next came the tense and terrifying thrillerShall We Tell the President?followed by his triumphant bestsellerKane and Abel. His first collection of short stories,A Quiver Full of Arrows,came next, ant thenThe Prodigal Daughter,the superb sequel toKane and Abel. This was followed byFirst Among Equals,considered by theScotsmanto be the finest novel about Parliament since Trollope, the thrilling chase storyA Master of Honor, his second collection of stories,A Twist in the Tale,and the novelsAs the Crow FliesandHonor Among Thieves. Twelve Red Herrings,his third collection of stories, was followed by the novelsThe Fourth EstateandThe Eleventh Commandment.A collected edition of his short stories was published in 1997, followed by a new selection,To Cut a Long Story Short.
Jeffrey Archer was born in 1940 and educated at Wellington School, Somerset, and Brasenose College, Oxford. He represented Great Britain in the 100 meters in the early sixties, and entered the House of Commons when he won the by-election at Louth in 1969. He wrote his first novel,Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, in 1974. From September 1985 to October 1986 he was Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, and he was created a Life Peer in the Queen’s Birthday Honours of 1992. He lives in London and Cambridge with his wife and two sons.
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Reviews
‘Cunning plots, silken style. Archer plays a cat and mouse game with the reader.’
----------New York Times
‘Archer has a gift for plot that can only be described as genius.’
----------Daily Telegraph
‘Stylish, witty and constantly entertaining. Jeffrey Archer has a natural aptitude for short stories.’
----------The Times
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