The Guide
Violence and humour: neither is ever far away in this excellent
collection of short stories by the Coatbridge-born Des Dillon.
To prevent the deprivations suffered by his characters getting
too weighty and worthy, there's a healthy seam of humour. A lot of his stories seem to be structured like jokes, and some actually are jokes.
--This text refers to the
Kindle Edition
edition.
Violence and humour: neither is ever far away in this excellent
collection of short stories by the Coatbridge-born Des Dillon.
To prevent the deprivations suffered by his characters getting
too weighty and worthy, there's a healthy seam of humour. A lot of his stories seem to be structured like jokes, and some actually are jokes.
