Bailiúchán: Adult

Nestled high in the Alps lies Vilminore, home to Ciro. Close by lives Enza, who longs only for a happy life for her family. When the two meet, it seems it could be the start of a life together. Then Ciro catches the local priest in a scandal and is sent to America as an apprentice to a shoemaker ...

David Nicholls brings to bear all the wit and intelligence that graced 'One Day' in this bittersweet book, which will delight his fans and bring him many new readers. It is a novel about love and family, husbands and wives, and parents and children.

The fourteen new stories in To Cut a Long Story Short follow in the tradition of Jeffrey Archer's storytelling, with a variety of characters, subjects and settings, but all with a twist in the tail.