Six stories deal with a game of hide-and-seek, a bored hairdresser, a superstitious salesman, the visit of an eccentric sister, and an agressive photographer
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Victor Sawdon Pritchett (1900-1997) was born over a toyshop in 1900 and, much to his everlasting distaste, was named after Queen Victoria. A writer and critic, his is widely reputed to be one of the best short story writers of all time, with the rare ability to capture the extraordinary strangeness of everyday life. He died in 1997.
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