Sorry For Your Trouble

Sorry For Your Trouble is a collection of luminous stories that explore the landscape, great moments in small lives, and the people we carry with us long after they are gone. Richard Ford is a master of contemporary American fiction, writing about human beings and their disappointments with insight and awareness of the absurdity involved in being alive.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 13 May 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

‘The god of small stories … A set of polished gems from a master craftsman Sunday Times ‘An American master Daily Telegraph A woman and man, parted a quarter of a century, reunite in a bar in New Orleans as the St Patricks Day parade goes by. A group of friends, all once promising, reunite for dinner when one of their number loses her husband, but the gathering splinters when bitter revelations about their shared past emerge. Two teenage boys sit in a drive-in, the air thick with the scent of gin and popcorn and longing. A visionary collection of luminous stories, imprinting landscape, and great moments in small lives – and of the people we carry with us long after they are gone – Sorry For Your Trouble reconfirms Richard Ford as the master of contemporary American fiction. "He writes about human beings and their disappointments with unfailing insight and, while he never mocks his characters, is keenly aware of the absurdity involved in being alive... Exemplary in its nuanced understanding of the relationships between men and women," the Observer said.
Sorry For Your Trouble, a visionary collection of luminous stories, imprints landscape, and great moments in small lives, reconfirms Richard Ford as the master of contemporary American fiction. He writes about human beings and their disappointments with unfailing insight and is keenly aware of the absurdity involved in being alive. Exemplary in its nuanced understanding of the relationships between men and women, the book is a must-read for anyone who loves great literature.

The god of small stories, a set of polished gems from a master craftsman, is a Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph American master. A woman and man, parted a quarter of a century, reunite in a bar in New Orleans as the St Patricks Day parade goes by. A group of friends, all once promising, reunite for dinner when one of their number loses her husband, but the gathering splinters when bitter revelations about their shared past emerge. Two teenage boys sit in a drive-in, the air thick with the scent of gin and popcorn and longing.

Sorry For Your Trouble, a visionary collection of luminous stories, imprints landscape, and great moments in small lives, reconfirms Richard Ford as the master of contemporary American fiction. He writes about human beings and their disappointments with unfailing insight and is keenly aware of the absurdity involved in being alive. Exemplary in its nuanced understanding of the relationships between men and women, the book is a must-read for anyone who loves great literature.

Weight: 194g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526620057