No Comebacks

No Comebacks
Author(s)	Frederick Forsyth
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre(s)	Crime short stories
Publication date	1982
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN	ISBN
Preceded by	Emeka
Followed by	The Fourth Protocol

No Comebacks is a 1982 collection of short stories by Frederick Forsyth. 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 website. Readers who like this book, would also like the clever stories in Mr. Forsyth's book The Veteran.

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