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An elderly sheriff and his young assistant are a study of contrasts.

Hoppy helps a doctor tend to a cowboy who's been shot in the midst of warfare between two rival gangs.

Branch Patterson is running for sheriff, but Hoppy suspects the former sheriff has met with foul play.

California is framed for murder when his clothes are stolen while he's swimming.

A large amount of cash invariably leads to a robbery and an attempted bar-room suicide.

The legend of Massacre Canyon: Is it really haunted?

One for the Trouble: Book Slam, Volume One is the first release from the UK’s premier literary event. Eighteen Book Slam alumni, from household names like Irvine Welsh and William Boyd to newcomers like Kate Tempest and Sophie Woolley, were approached to take a song title for inspiration for a new short story or poem. Some took this literally (Jon McGregor’s moving reimagining of A House’s 'Endless Art', for example); others suggestively....

Funny, moving and sharply observed, these stories are confirmation of Boyd's status as one of English fiction's finest writers. Here are 24 gripping tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to Africa and from Nice to Hollywood. This eclectic collection by the acclaimed author of Restless and Brazzaville Beach is a must for any lover of the short story.

Johnny Gates is about to be hanged, accused of being "The Panamint Kid".

Born in 1799, Cashel Greville Ross experiences myriad lives: joyous and devastating, years of luck and unexpected loss. Moving from County Cork to London, from Waterloo to Zanzibar, Cashel seeks his fortune across continents in war and in peace. He faces a terrible moral choice in a village in Sri Lanka as part of the East Indian Army. He enters the world of the Romantic Poets in Pisa. In Ravenna he meets a woman who will live in his heart for the rest of his days.

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