A baker's dozen

Collection of 13 short stories by an award-winning writer. Spans the period from 1957 to 1996. Covers themes such as race relations, single mothers, communism, and avoiding the law. Characters are commonly dreamers, itinerants and ideologues who talk the talk but don't manage to live up to it. Stories were first published in literary magazines or anthologies of short stories. Author's previous titles cover the fields of poetry, novels, plays and autobiography, and include 'Bobbin Up' and 'The Wild Card'.