The William Trevor Reader: “A Trinity”
Having read approximately 80 stories at this point, I feel safe in making the following broad statement: is not funny. This is not to say he’s humorless— has that ironic bounce that marks most good prose, from to . It is a long-held position of mine that it’s nearly impossible for a completely humorless writer to be good. One’s mind immediately goes to the po-faced Germanic/Nordic writers for an example, someone like , maybe. But even , a writer
