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Three of the remaining stories focus on some peculiarities of civilian life
But Blake and Banner soon find themselves sidelined from the case
Poor Captain Danbury is dead
but there is no guarantee that the old Fandorin
Two Lovely Beasts and Other Stories John Owen Theobald Three of the remaining storiesTwenty short stories brief instantaneous visions of the Gaelic spirit, the peasants and countryside in a prose with the lyric beauty and intensity peculiar to the Irish writers in the tradition of Synge. The title story, which is indicative, is a finely incised vignette, a poetic parable; the two lovely beasts, two calves, are symbols of a peasant family's bitter struggle for life and prosperity at the expense of the community.
