'Cheating at Canasta' is the title story of William Trevor's new collection of short stories, his first since the highly acclaimed 'A Bit on the Side' (2004) which has sold over 10,000 copies in Viking hardback. His most recent novel, 'The Story of Lucy Gault' was shortlisted for both the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread Fiction Prize. An outstanding collection from the acknowledged master of the genre.