Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal and Other Stories

First published in 1961, Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal and Other Stories is a collection full of light and shade, setting sensitive character studies against Bates''s signature vibrant, delicate imagery. A fussy and obsessive golfer encounters a troubled young woman at a wind-swept beach in ''Lost Ball'', a retired Colonel, isolated and suffering from dementia, suddenly rejects the friendship of h...