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The Short, the Long and the Tall: Short Stories

por Jeffrey Archer

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Fiction. Literature. Short Stories. HTML: New York Times #1 bestselling author Jeffrey Archer, a master of the short-story form, joins forces with renowned illustrator Paul Cox to re-imagine twenty of his most popular and fêted short stories alongside beautifully rendered watercolor illustrations in The Short, The Long and the Tall. Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder and ends up falling in love; and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery of the origins of his father's wealth changes his life forever. Revel in the stories of the woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League university during the 1930s, and another young woman who thumbs a lift and has an encounter she will never forget. Discover the haunting story about four men whose characters are tested to the point of death. Finally, a short parable about how pointless war is, and how decent people are caught up in the crossfire of their leaders' ambitions. This will be a must-buy for dedicated fans of the work of both author and illustrator, and includes the following short stories: Never Stop on the Motorway Cheap at Half the Price Who Killed the Mayor? It Can't be October Already Stuck on You The Grass is Always Greener The Queen's Birthday Telegram Clean Sweep Ignatius The First Miracle Caste Off A Wasted Hour Just Good Friends Christina Rosenthal A Gentleman and a Scholar The Road to Damascus Old Love A Good Toss to Lose One Man's Meat Endgame Confession A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press… (más)

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Jeffrey Archer's collection of short stories, although it is one very HEAVY book....is absolutely WONDERFUL! The illustrations are terrific and just add to Archer's incredible ability to tell a story....a delight to read, even some for the second time from his previous books. (

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nyiper | Oct 11, 2022 |

A selection if previously published short stories selected for the author's 80th birthday. Some of them were quite good, some of them were un-dated and have aged really very badly. The one about the woman driver and not stopping on the hard shoulder takes on an entirely different turn once you throw mobile phones into the equation.
The story with the 4 different endings was an interesting exercise, with a variety of different scenarios, each one subtly different - a different make and model of car each time, for a start.
Sometimes you get some background as to what triggered the story, which serves to make it more interesting. None of them were awful, but none of them were stand out brilliant either. Although the joke about Joists and Girders made me laugh out loud - even if it did take quite a while to get there. (

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Helenliz | Mar 17, 2022 |

This is the latest collection of short stories by Jeffrey Archer. I have read most, if not all of them, before, but it is nice to re-read them. It is like visiting old friends. I enjoyed all of them, but some are truly favorites. I also enjoyed the colorful illustrations (

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Fiction. Literature. Short Stories. HTML:

New York Times #1 bestselling author Jeffrey Archer, a master of the short-story form, joins forces with renowned illustrator Paul Cox to re-imagine twenty of his most popular and fêted short stories alongside beautifully rendered watercolor illustrations in The Short, The Long and the Tall.
Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder and ends up falling in love; and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery of the origins of his father's wealth changes his life forever. Revel in the stories of the woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League university during the 1930s, and another young woman who thumbs a lift and has an encounter she will never forget. Discover the haunting story about four men whose characters are tested to the point of death. Finally, a short parable about how pointless war is, and how decent people are caught up in the crossfire of their leaders' ambitions.
This will be a must-buy for dedicated fans of the work of both author and illustrator, and includes the following short stories:
Never Stop on the Motorway
Cheap at Half the Price
Who Killed the Mayor?
It Can't be October Already
Stuck on You
The Grass is Always Greener
The Queen's Birthday Telegram
Clean Sweep Ignatius
The First Miracle
Caste Off
A Wasted Hour
Just Good Friends
Christina Rosenthal
A Gentleman and a Scholar
The Road to Damascus
Old Love
A Good Toss to Lose
One Man's Meat
Endgame
Confession
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press