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‘These short stories are sophisticated morsels of modern life, needle-sharp, and touchingly aware of the social subtext... Excellent.’ —The Times

FOR TWO DECADES D.J. Taylor has been one of the UK's most celebrated biographers, novelists and critics. During this time, he has also quietly and consistently produced some of the finest short stories in contemporary fiction. Wrote For Luck contains several newly written pieces, alongside a dozen other works showcasing his developing mastery of the form, gathered under one cover for the first time.

‘Sharp and clever... Taylor has a great knack of pulling the reader in, and his endings, which spin out into rather mournful, very British epiphanies, linger long in the mind.’ —The Guardian

‘D.J. Taylor’s short stories here sketch recognisable middle-class milieus - south London barbecues, dinner parties, literary festivals and real estate quests bringing the aspiring into collision with the crushed. His eye for human sadness make this a consistently superb collection.’ —The Independent