series of short stories - a good but very quick read
- The loneliness of a long distance runner
- Uncle Ernest - suffering from shell-shock, befriends two girls in a cafe
- Mr Raynor the schoolteacher - sits at his class, but watches the shop girls over the road
- The fishing boat picture
- Noah's Ark
- On Saturday Afternoon - A young boy helps a man attempt to hang himself
- The Match
- The disgrace of Jim Scarfedale
- The decline and fall of Frankie Buller