Cockfosters in Red, White & Blue

Red, white and blue jacket for Knopf’s 2017 edition of Cockfosters.

“If it were easy to explain what Helen Simpson can do with a story, more writers would be fashioning such jewels…What more does one want in a short story besides memorable characters, comic timing, originality, economy and poignancy? And heart.  All there.”  Elinor Lipman, New York Times Book Review