Here you have Szerb in miniature revealing his multi-faceted genius Nicholas Lezard, Guardian This selection of Antal Szerbs stories and novellas, set first in a quasi-mythical past and then in the London and Paris of the Thirties, provides an exhilarating guide to the writers development, from precocious beginnings to a masterful maturity. In these unforgettable talestwo of which are new to this editionSzerb displays his irrepressible love of life and the gentle irony that became his hallmark.