Arlene is a dried-up, but extremely successful Dublin theatrical agent, prone to drinking pints of whiskey and lying on her office floor a lot. She used to be married to Dick, 'Call me Richard', Whelan, now a big B-list personality, whom she wants to star in a play by her new discovery, up-and-coming waif Isobel Coole. But Isobel falls in love with Dick - not a meeting of minds - and the loveless Arlene is rescused from her barren existence by the man from the local deli, who has been making weird phone calls to her for months...Curtains wickedly explores the vanity, callowness but ultimately endearing fragility of human nature.

Curtains

Literature & Fiction

Katy Hayes

Contemporary

PHOENIX MASS MARKET P/BK

Katy Hayes's short stories chart the terrain of human relationships, from the unhappy young housewife who takes to midnight rollerskating in the park, to the politically correct young student embroiled in a very dubious affair, to the young woman who realises the lengths some people will go to to be in twos:  'What was wrong with threes or fours, great marauding gangs?' Witty, perceptive and acid, Opening Nights demonstrates the author's considerable comic talents, and her understanding of the frailty of human nature.

Opening nights: A collection of short stories

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Curtains

Opening nights: A collection of short stories