Book Info
Name of Book : Mr. Simpson and Other Short Stories
Author : Stephen Maitland - Lewis
Publisher : Hildebrand Books
Publication Date : 7 September 2021
No. of Pages : 205
Format : E Book
Why did I choose the book?
Mr. Simpson and Other Short Stories by Stephen Maitland - Lewis is a collection of short stories. I have always loved them, therefore, requested the book on Edelweiss.
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Author Introduction
Stephen Maitland-Lewis is an award-winning author, a British attorney, and a former international investment banker. He has held senior executive positions in London, Kuwait, Paris, Munich, and on Wall Street prior to moving to California in 1991. He has owned a luxury hotel and a world-renowned restaurant and was also Director of Marketing of a Los Angeles daily newspaper. Maitland-Lewis is a jazz aficionado and a Board Trustee of the Louis Armstrong House Museum in New York. In 2014, he received the Museum's prestigious Louie Award. A member of PEN, The Authors Guild and The Dramatists Guild of America, Maitland-Lewis is also on the Executive Committee of the International Mystery Writers Festival. In addition, he is on the Advisory Board of the California Jazz Foundation and is a former Board member. He has published short stories in various magazines and Mr. Simpson and Other Short Stories is Maitland-Lewis' first collection of short stories. His novels have received numerous accolades and his most recent suspense thriller is Duped.
Blurb
Award-winning author Stephen Maitland-Lewis’ first collection of short stories includes tales of international intrigue, suspense, mystery, and exotic adventures. Featuring the exploits of such diverse characters as a fugitive from justice, a frustrated musician, an unscrupulous Manhattan art dealer, an impoverished London banker, and a British schoolboy in New Zealand and Palm Springs. The anthology also chronicles amorous escapades in Geneva, Paris, and the French Riviera, family greed, and a mysterious Munich tattoo parlor, among many other stories.
The collection is highlighted by the book’s title character, Mr. Ernest Simpson—a fictional account twenty-three years after his divorce from Wallis Simpson and the abdication of King Edward VIII.
My Opinion
Mr. Simpson and Other Short Stories by Stephen Maitland - Lewis is a good collection of short stories. The stories are, indeed, full of emotions and life. Some of the stories are really good, but, some stories I felt were, sort of, incomplete. I wanted more from the stories. Would not say more as it would spoil the charm. The book is worth a one time read.
I would give the book 3 stars. Thanks to Edelweiss for providing me an opportunity to read and review the book.
Narrative Style
Each and every story has been infused with elements of love, despair, sorrow and grief. Language is simple and easy to understand.
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