The Real Thing : Stories And Sketches

The Real Thing : Stories And SketchesThe stories and sketches in this collection penetrate to the heart of human experience with the passion and intelligence readers have come to expect of Doris Lessing. Most of the piece are set in contemporary London, a city the author loves for its variety, its diversity, its transitoriness, the way it connects the life of animals and birds in the parks to the streets. Lessing's fiction also explores the darker corners of relationships between women

shimmering with humour and deeply moving

the villagers can't wait to see work get started - but disaster strikes when every last penny is stolen

who challenges his view of the Empire

and Casey fears that his father's prophetic words are coming true

British Intelligence pick up disturbing reports from Heinrich Himmler's power base in Wewelsburg Castle

Pope Francis is cherished around the world and continues to be well loved by the faithful and non-religious alike

In this beautiful

and sometimes deeply funny stories tell of things buried and unearthed

Jesus in the twenty-first century

CHECK MATEAnd while Patrese hunts

Per Persson

And she knows everything there is to know about Paris