No Comebacks is a 1982 collection of short stories by Frederick Forsyth

Frederick Forsyth

Frederick Forsyth, CBE is an English author and occasional political commentator. He is best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fist of God, Icon, The Veteran, Avenger, The Afghan and The Cobra.-...

. Each story takes place in a different setting and ends with a plot twist. Several of them involve a central male character who is henpecked or persecuted by others in the story, cleverly getting his revenge and comeuppance at the end. The stories in the collection are as below:

1. "No Comebacks"
2. "There are no Snakes in Ireland"
3. "The Emperor"
4. "There are Some Days..."
5. "Money with Menaces"
6. "Used in Evidence"
7. "Privilege"
8. "Duty"
9. "A Careful Man"
10. "Sharp Practice"

More details about each story, and this book's style, can be found in its "reviews" on the Amazon.com

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 website. Readers who like this book, would also like the clever stories in Mr. Forsyth's book The Veteran

The Veteran

The Veteran is a detective short story by Frederick Forsyth first published in 2001.-Plot summary:The story is written in chronological order, beginning from Day 1 to Day 24 ....

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