In a fitted box. Blue cloth with navy park image binding and gilt title on the spine.

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Hector Hugh Munro, better known by the pen name Saki, was born in Akyab, Burma (now known as Sittwe, Myanmar), was a British writer, whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture.

Saki (H.H. Munro) stands alongside Anton Chekhov and O Henry as a master of the short story. His extraordinary stories are a mixture of humorous satire, irony and the macabre, in which the stupidities and hypocrisy of conventional society are viciously pilloried.

Comus Bassington is the irresponsible and ungrateful focus of his corner of British society. Circa 1900, what can be done with him, besides ship him to the Colonies, where he can no longer embarrass his mother or break the hearts of girls who ought to marry sensibly.

Review: I always like the funniest Saki; I fear Bassington is ultimately a bit sad. As ever, however, very well written, with nicely biting satire of the chattering classes of his day. The social and political irony could be equally well applied to the present times. Saki’s stories are just so well crafted, a lesson in plot and wit for modern writers.