Jeffrey Archer has a knack of delivering one bestseller after another
with his pristine writings. And this time was no different. The latest
Archer offering “And Thereby Hangs a Tale” of 15 enticing and very tasty
short stories served right in your plate can hardly be ignored mush
less given a cursory glance. Archer proves once again why he is one of
the greatest living short story writers of our times; and it would be
highly unfair to compare him with anyone else.
Believing in the adage that everyone amongst us might not have a book
in them, but almost everyone has at least a short story, Archer has
mixed his collection with both real and fictional inspiration. A short
story has no clear cut demarcation so he takes the liberty of extending
his stories up to even 50 pages when the demand arises while some
stories are as short as 10 pages. But whatever may be length it can be
guaranteed that each one of the story will leave you spellbound and
craving for more.
Be it the Irish gentleman who gets lucky or the Indian love duo, each
and every one of the characters will bring you closer to the plot as
well as inspire you to guess what might happen next. All in this entire
book will give you thrill and excitement after any dull day’s work and
would be a worthwhile expenditure if you like the vintage Dumas’ sort of
short stories. However one recurrent theme of some of the stories are
that they seem at times incomplete and invites the seasoned readers to
guess what might have happened next.
Title: And Thereby Hangs a Tale
Author : Jeffrey Archer
ISBN-10: 0230531458
ISBN-13: 978-0230531451
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 13 May 2010
Publisher: Macmillan
Number of Pages: 400
Language: English
[This review was published here.]
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