From the book jacket:
When Fay Weldon's first novel, The Fat Woman's Joke, was published
in 1967, The New York Times Book Review called it "a delicious tour de
force ... a nourishing book." This wonderful first novel, long out of print,
is reissued here, together with eleven new short stories - Ms. Weldon's first
collection to be published in America - in which she turns her wit on the tragicomic
relationships between men and women.
Bio from the book jacket:
Fay Weldon's previous novels are Down Among the Women, Female Friends,
Remember Me, Words of Advice, Praxis, and most recently Puffball, which
was a best seller in England. She has also written other short stories as well
as plays and scripts for television and theater. Ms. Weldon has four sons and
currently lives in London.
Stories included in this edition:
- Christmas Tree
- Breakages
- Alopecia
- Man with No Eyes
- Holy Stones
- Angel, All Innocence
- Spirit of the House
- Watching Me, Watching You
- Geoffrey and the Eskimo Child
- Weekend