Cabbages and Kings (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781907245015)

Written with the author's characteristic blend of humour and pathos, Cabbages and Kings (1904) is less a novel than a series of cleverly interwoven short-stories. In Coralio - a sultry coastal town in the volatile banana republic of Anchuria - a disparate cast of vagabonds, hucksters, mercenaries, merchants and consuls is busy plotting, scamming, drinking, loving or trying to forget the past. Each has his own tale to tell and his own particular reason for washing up on these tropical shores - and all have a part to play as this masterpiece of twisting narrative begins to unfold....

Author: O. Henry
ISBN-10: 1907245014
ISBN-13: 9781907245015
Publisher: Myna Classics
Language: English
Published: 09/14/2009
Pages: 162
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.37d