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    The William Trevor Reader: “August Saturday”

    by Adam O’Fallon Price Aug 08, 2023 3 minutes

    By my reckoning there are two notable things about this story. First, the number of named characters is startling and a bit intimidating. I read this story over the course of two nights in the fashion I often do, i.e. after a couple of drinks, lying in bed—and I had to start over twice to make sure I had the dramatis personae correct. Besides Grania, the protagonist, there are her husband Desmond, their friends Mavis and Martin

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