TY - BOOK AU - Hindmarsh, Roland TI - Liar : : and other modern stories SN - 9780521224499 U1 - 428 PY - 1979/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - English Language N1 - Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Liar! Isaac Asimov; 2. Mrs Bixby and the colonel's coat Roald Dahl; 3. The sniper Liam O'Flaherty; 4. The breakout Joyce Cary; 5. Stop thief Dan Jacobson; 6. The wrong order Elizabeth Taylor; 7. Dead man's shoes Michael Innes N2 - What happens when a robot can not only think but can also read the thoughts of its masters? What happens when a country is divided by war among its own people? What does a successful businessman do when he discovers his family mean nothing to him? How do a pair of shoes help solve a mystery murder case? These are some of the questions dealt with in the seven stories in this collection. The stories, by important modern authors, have been specially edited for upper-intermediate and more advanced students of English. Vocabulary explanations and notes are provided in order to help comprehension ER -