Pursuit

<p>Recollecting school escapades ridding a house of lust a practical joke misfiring dealing with a boy’s swearing a talking dog a woman’s take on the Odysseus legend dogged self-centredness a suspect solution to the world’s problems bizarre seductions an afterlife wish granted a jinxed lover pursuing his beloved… These are some of the themes of the seventeen humorous short stories in <em>Pursuit</em> involving a variety of comic expressions: situational satirical burlesque and even the ridiculous. While the impact of humour in the stories is largely attributable to incongruity or some departure from the ‘normal’ the stories have more than just entertainment value. They make telling and sometimes poignant observations about the nature of the human condition.</p>