![]() ![]() No shock and awe tactics are ever employed, just a soothing compendium of light surface description and blithe plot. They're full of wry surprises and parlour tricks. There's something deeply comforting about an Archer story. When wealth and luxury were marked by Rolls Royces, leather chairs and Cuban cigars rather than hybrid vehicles, recycled furniture and vegan meals. ![]() Written in 1980, these are vignettes of a simpler time, before email and cellular phones and Twitter and Facebook cluttered up our lives. The man has an unhealthy preoccupation with rank, status, and money (as this collection of short stories will attest). Thank goodness Jeffrey Archer got a Baronetcy in 1992. P.P.P.P.SThat last story of yours? Old Love, I think it was? That was my favourite. Can I have an authentic autographed anthology of short stories from you, please? I'm just cranky at how disappointed I am with your novels after reading through the creativity and finesse of your anthologies. P.P.S You can write anything that you want. P.S If you didn't get that I liked your short stories but not your novels, please read through letter again and ruminate deeper. Do not bother writing any more long novels as that will waste time that could be spent on creating short stories of beauty. I've already read them all and there's no more anthologies to read. To conclude, please write more short stories. I always found the twists in your long novels intolerable but the ones in your short stories, you guessed it, were witty and fantabulous. Your long novels are boring but your short stories are interesting. Your long novels suck but your short stories are amazing. ![]()
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