Wrong Set and Other Stories

Angus Wilson's first volume of short stories, The Wrong Set was first published in 1949 to immense critical acclaim.The collection is a brilliantly funny exposure of the protective devices with which people seek to mask deep-laid egotism.There is the wallowing in self-adulation on the part of the 'crazy Cockshott family', as they delight to dub themselves. There is the search for really nice stand...