From the lauded, bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, this is a diverse and dazzling collection of short stories.

In this dazzling short story collection, including Mr Wrong, The Devoted and Three Miles Up, master storyteller Elizabeth Jane Howard illustrates her renowned style and delicious wit. From a family Christmas, to a house-party in France and a haunting journey into the macabre, Howard explores the subtle tensions of relationships; from flat-sharing to adultery. Funny, perceptive and often spine-tingling, Howard's stories are sure to delight. 'Wry humour and elegant perceptions . . . Howard has a gift for tilting our sense of reality' Guardian 'As polished, stylish and civilized as her many devotees would expect' Julian Barnes 'Each of these stories may be read again with real pleasure' Daily Telegraph

From the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Mr Wrong is a collection of dazzlingly original short stories.

'Her talent seemed so effervescent, so unstoppable, that there was no predicting where it might take her' – Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall

With her renowned style and delicious wit, Howard explores the subtle tensions of relationships in the twentieth century. From flat sharing to adultery, a family Christmas to a house party in France, through a haunting journey into the macabre, these stories are by turns funny, perceptive and spine-tingling.

This collection includes Mr Wrong, The Devoted and Three Miles Up, and represents a diverse selection of work from one of the great British storytellers of the modern era.

'Howard has a gift for tilting our sense of reality' – Guardian