Dangerous Calm (Virago Modern Classics) (original 1995; edition 1997)

Hester Lilly, Elizabeth Taylor's first collection of stories, was published in 1954;The Devastating Boys, her last and most famous, appeared in 1972, three years before her death. Dangerous Calm draws on these volumes to provide a selection of Elizabeth Taylor's work. Stories such as 'Summer Schools', 'Flesh', and 'The Devastating Boys" confirm her status as one of the finest short story writers. This selectioin also features two previously unpublished stories and three uncollected ones, including the late, poignant tale, 'The Wrong Order'. Together they celebrate a formidable stylist whose work has delighted readers and critics for fifty years.