These short stories are of unusual variety, in their situations, events, and characters. You will meet holiday-makers, head-hunters, school-teachers, madrigal singers, small children, various animals. You will find yourself in a police station, a French chateau, a Tokyo bar, a hospital, a poky Riviera flat, a country church, an island in the Far East Some of the stories will make you smile; some may move you; others are sure to give you food for thought. A literate and entertaining collection.