Driving Short Distances

As the weeks pass, Sam gets to know Keith's friends, flirty Hazel-Claire from whom they buy two pasties every day at lunchtime, a variety of receptionists, and a few tantalising secrets from Keith's past...As in Days of the Bagnold Summer, Joff Winterhart is a master at depicting ordinary life in all its utterly poignant and funny mundanity.

Pe masura ce saptamanile trec, Sam ii cunoaste pe prietenii lui Keith, Hazel-Claire flirty de la care cumpara doua paste in fiecare zi la pranz, o varietate de receptioneri si cateva secrete tentante din trecutul lui Keith ... Ca in Days of the Bagnold Summer , Joff Winterhart este un maestru in descrierea vietii obisnuite in toata banalitatea ei extrem de amuzanta si amuzanta.