The piano tuner's wives -- A friendship -- Timothy's birthday -- Child's play -- A bit of business -- After rain -- Widows -- Gilbert's mother -- The potato dealer -- Lost ground -- A day -- Marrying Damian -- Three people -- Of the cloth -- Good news -- The mourning -- A friend in the trade -- Low Sunday, 1950 -- Le visiteur -- The Virgin's gift -- Death of a professor -- Against the odds -- The telephone game -- The Hill bachelors -- Sitting with the dead -- Traditions -- Justina's priest -- An evening out -- Graillis's legacy -- Solitude -- Sacred statues -- Rose wept -- Big bucks -- On the streets -- The dancing-master's music -- A bit on the side -- The dressmaker's child -- The room -- Men of Ireland -- Cheating at canasta -- Bravado -- An afternoon -- At Olivehill -- A perfect relationship -- The children -- Old flame -- Faith -- Folie à deux.
Summary
Collects forty-eight short stories by the author that span more than half a century that illuminate the human condition.
