A Thirsty Evil. By Gore Vidal, A Signet Book #S1535, New York, 1958.
 
Fiction - Short Stories
(Signet S1535)
Vintage from the 1950s
 
Seven startling short stories:
Three Stratagems
The Robin
A Moment of Green Laurel
The Zenner Trophy
Erlinda and Mr. Coffin
Pages from an Abandoned Journal
The ladies in the library
 
Alone and almost penniless after their parents' death during the Great War, Gertie and Rose Bossom must learn to fend for themselves. From the plains of Australia to the hardship of wartime England, these stories realize family feuds and years of bitterness.
 
Mild cover edge wear and a vertical spine crease. Softcover book with 143 pages.