The best of Stan Barstow's short fiction covering the last five decades of British life. A classic selection from one of the key figures of British post-war contemporary fiction.

“Extraordinarily good” The Daily Telegraph

“A master storyteller” The Times

“Right up in the same class as D.H.Lawrence…” The Guardian

“A major writer.” Punch

Along with Alan Sillitoe and John Braine, Stan Barstow is considered one of the pioneers of the 1960s school of northern literary realism. A Kind of Loving became a film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Alan Bates. He has produced eleven novels and three books of short stories, as well as TV scripts. Other novels include Ask Me Tomorrow (1962), The Watchers on the Shore (1966) and The Right True End (1976). He lived in Pontardawe, South Wales until his death in 2011.

To be published in May 2012.