Two friends fall under the spell of a New York beauty
- with quite unexpected results. An offhand remark is taken seriously by a Chinese sculptor & a British diplomat becomes the owner of a priceless work of art. An insurance claims advisor has a most surprising encounter on the train home to Sevenoaks. These are the openings to three of this marvellous collection of stories that ends with a hauntingly-written atmospheric account of two undergraduates at Oxford in the thirties a tale of bitter rivalry that ends in a memorable love story. Stylish witty & constantly entertaining.. . Jeffrey Archer has a natural aptitude for short stories
- The Times.""