Mr. Shawnessy's Decision and other Short Stories

This heterogeneous collection of short stories by Patrick Hackett is not just a comedy. It will leave you floating in a mixture of sensations. You'll find hope, sadness, ingenuity, compassion, loneliness, joy, tenderness... All together with a distinctive use of a particular sense of humour, sometimes surreal, others quite direct or even sarcastic. Using the dialogue as a permanent link between the most absurd characters, Patrick Hackett has managed to show us a glance of what a good, honest and innocent life should be like: SIMPLE. His colloquialism and loquaciousness may transport you back to your childhood, when things were as simple as they should always be. The beautiful drawings by Rafael Antón will ensure the effect. The stories will grow inside you every time you read them. They will make you smile or laugh at first, but then you will scratch under the surface and be left reflecting. If you don't get it at first, read it again, because somewhere in there, a beautiful lesson may be awaiting you.