The Proper Procedure and Other Stories
- Authors
- Dalrymple, Theodore
- Publisher
- New English Review Press
- ISBN
- 9781943003112
- Date
- 2017-08-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.20 MB
- Lang
- en
Theodore Dalrymple, almost singlehandedly, revived the languishing Essay and in so doing became Britain’s answer to Montaigne. In this, his first foray into the Short Story form, he proves himself a rival of Anton Chekhov. His many devoted fans will be delighted.
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Some truth can be told only in the form of fiction. That is why I chose to write these stories.
-- Theodore Dalrymple