A collection of stories, of which the title story The Devastating Boys depicts two black waifs from London, guests of a settled country couple. They cause upheaval, but bring unexpected joy and renewal.

Reviews

• 'A wonderful novelist' JILLY COOPER
• 'How skilfully and with what peculiar exhilaration she negotiated the minefield of the human heart' JONATHAN KEATES
• 'An eye as sharply all-seeing as her prose-style is elegant -- even the humdrum becomes astonishing' DAILY TELEGRAPH
• 'Brilliantly amusing'
• ROSAMOND LEHMANN

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Published 29/11/1984