The yellow meads of Asphodel - H.E. Bates (First edition)

The last and posthumous collection of stories by H.E. Bates contains seven works which between them exemplify most facets of his talent. Here is a story about Uncle Silas, the forerunner of the fabulously successful Pop Larkin series; a story of Miss Shuttleworth, H.E Bates's last great comic invention, whose portrait he would certainly have developed had he lived; stories set in the midlands, and in the sunlight and exotic flora of his beloved south of France; and a modern tale of young hooligans on the road. Nothing of service life, or of the south seas, but a wide range for all that, and one to remind readers of the skill of a great storyteller.