A Quiver Full of ArrowsTHE MOST ORDINARY LIVES... In the auction room at Sotheby's a bidder unlocks the astonishing secrets carved in the ivory of an ancient Chinese statue. A young couple well-versed in the romance of literature resists the cliché of "love at first sight" only to find an unanticipated bond that follows them through life and death. A lavish New York party reacquaints a successful novelist with an enthusiastic female fan and a forgotten, long-ago rendezvous. A stunning beauty fulfills the disparate fantasies of two different men and satisfies an unexpected need of her own... CAN YIELD THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY SURPRISES... In this expert collection, "master entertainer" (Time) and bestselling author Jeffrey Archer takes the reader from the backrooms of a curious little shop in Ha Li Chuan to the lavish hotel suites of Manhattan to the ravaged landscape of Budapest to explore the chance encounters and turns of fate that become us all. Here are stories of kind strangers and old friends, of grandiose success and devastating loss, of honor betrayed and redeemed, and of love lost and found-each punctuated with a twist as sharp, as true, and as unexpected as life itself. "Somerset Maugham never penned anything so swift or urbanely witty as this." -Publishers Weekly "Amusing...poignant."-The New York Times "Exciting...Archer offers versatility, laughter, inventive plotting and a gift for characterization."-Baltimore Sun |
Contents
The Chinese Statue | 1 |
The Luncheon | 21 |
The Coup | 33 |
Old Love | 71 |
The Perfect Gentleman | 107 |
Broken Routine | 125 |
OneNight Stand | 137 |
Henrys Hiccup | 159 |
A Matter of Principle | 187 |
The Hungarian Professor | 213 |
The First Miracle | 229 |
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