Tell Tale: Stories

by Jeffrey Archer

Overview

Jeffrey Archer returns with his eagerly-awaited collection of short stories Tell Tale, giving readers a fascinating, exciting and sometimes poignant insight into the people he has met, the stories he has come across and the countries he has visited.

Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to find out Who Killed the Mayor? and the pretentious schoolboy in A Road to Damascus, whose discovery of the origins of his father’s wealth changes his life in the most profound way.

Revel in the stories of the 1930’s woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League University in A Gentleman and A Scholar while another young woman who thumbs a lift gets more than she bargained for in A Wasted Hour.

These wonderfully engaging and always refreshingly original tales prove why Archer has been described by The Times as probably the greatest storyteller of our age.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250199584
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/09/2018
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

JEFFREY ARCHER was educated at Oxford University. He has served five years in Britain's House of Commons and twenty-five years in the House of Lords. All of his novels and short story collections—including Cometh the Hour, the instant #1 New York Times bestseller—have been international bestselling books. Archer is married with two sons and lives in London and Cambridge.

Hometown:

London and the Old Vicarage, Grantchester

Date of Birth:

April 15, 1940

Education:

Attended Brasenose College, Oxford, 1963-66. Received a diploma in sports education from Oxford Institute

Editorial Reviews

All of the stories spotlight the author’s gifts for creating fully fleshed characters and absorbing plots in lean, efficient prose. All are written with Archer’s keen eye for time and place, and his keen ear for dialogue. Another reminder that Archer is as accomplished at writing short stories as he is at writing long-form fiction.”
—Booklist

“As with Archer’s previous collection, And Thereby Hands a Tale, this new volume again demonstrates the author’s talent for captivating his readers with engaging characters and clever plot twists.” —Library Journal

From the Publisher

10/01/2017
Best-selling author Archer's travels over the past decade inspired this new collection of 13 unpretentious tales. A young detective from Naples struggles to arrest the mayor's murderer in an Italian hill town in "Who Killed the Mayor?" "A Gentleman and a Scholar" revolves around a challenge that Yale students throw at the school's first female professor: to identify random quotes from William Shakespeare's works. The industrious protagonist of "The Car Park Attendant" gets rich, slowly but surely, while the American lit major in "A Wasted Hour" hitches a ride with John Steinbeck. In "The Holiday of a Lifetime," a vacationing couple purposely misplace their luggage in order to cash in on an insurance claim. VERDICT As with Archer's previous collection, And Thereby Hangs a Tale, this new volume again demonstrates the author's talent for captivating his readers with engaging characters and clever plot twists. [See Prepub Alert, 3/13/17.]—Jerry P. Miller, Cambridge, MA

Library Journal

Accomplished narrator Robert Bathurst is a perfect match for this collection of poignant stories with heartwarming or surprising endings. Each one is inspired by people the author has met on his travels. Bathurst brings the characters to life with seeming ease, engaging the listener throughout his performance. The variety of characters is wide, and Bathhurst captures their diversity. The result is rather like listening to a friend recounting his or her experiences, or hearing the village storyteller spin a story in the local pub. All in all, this audiobook makes for an enjoyable and not-too-challenging listen. K.J.P. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

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