A collection of stories depicting middle-class Catholic life in Dublin. The frustrations of childhood, disappointments of adolescence and mystery of sexual awakening are related with clarity and sensitivity. 

CONTENTS:
1. The Sisters
2. An Encounter
3. Araby
4. Eveline
5. After the Race
6. Two Gallants
7. The Boarding House
8. A Little Cloud
9. Counterparts
10. Clay
11. A Painful Case
12. Ivy Day in the Committee Room
13. A Mother
14. Grace
15. The Dead