V.S. Pritchett

Introduction by JEREMY TREGLOWNIn his daily walks through London, notes Jeremy Treglown in his Introduction to this collection, Pritchett watched and listened to people as a naturalist observes wild creatures and birds. He knew that oddity is the norm, not the exception. This finely attuned sense, coupled with an understanding that nothing in life...

A NovelLike most great comedy, writes Darin Strauss in his Introduction, Mr. Beluncle makes sport of the Stuffed Shirt, the Hypocritical Pious Gentleman, and the Tyrant, as well as the Big Spenderand all these descriptions fit a single character: Mr. Beluncle himself. One of V. S. Pritchetts most enduring characters, Mr. Beluncle is narcissistic,...