Laying On of Hands: Stories - Softcover

Críticas

"Bennett's genius is his ability to satirize humanely. [His] prose is like stained glass: if you stare at it, you see things you missed...brilliant and luminous." --The New York Times Book Review

"Bennett's genius is for the imploding situation in which a cleverly made house of cards shudders and comes down; the comments of his characters as they nimbly pick their way around the wreckage verge on aphorism." --The New Yorker

"In the hands of Alan Bennett, the tragic and painful are close bedfellows with the funny and the sexual, making for a collection of stories, in which we laugh at the situations presented and then feel a twinge of guilt." --Los Angeles Times

Reseña del editor

A compelling new collection of short fiction by the author of The Clothes They Stood Up In combines keen insights into human behavior and motivations with witty dialogue in a volume that includes "Father! Father! Burning Bright," "Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet," and the title story, a satirical account of a memorial service for a special masseur. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.