Such darling dodos and other stories

A. Wilson

Here are ten stories that deftly unveil the hypocrisies, the shams, the cruelties of people; that prick their pomposities and expose their follies. The author's England is a sour place but it is wonderfully well observed and has a dreadful social truth. The title story uses terminal illness to symbolize the death of 1930s liberal ideals, was lauded for keenly portrayed psychological and historical details.