Presents nine short stories by twentieth-century American author J.D. Salinger most shadowed by the legacy of war. *** "This collection of stories deals mainly with sensitive and troubled adolescents and children."""
The extraordinary stories of 'Saki' are a mixture of humorous satire, irony and the macabre, in which the stupidities and hypocrisy of conventional society are viciously pilloried.
Contents: The boy who talked with animals -- The hitchhiker -- The Mildenhall treasure -- The swan -- The wonderful story of Henry Sugar -- Lucky break -- A piece