This volume brings together all the stories from Tobias Wolff's collections Hunters in the Snow (1982) and Back in the World (1985) with his intense short novel The Barrack's Thief - winner of the 1984 PEN/Faulkner Award. These are works which impart powerful realisations of the discrepancy between the everyday world and our secret dreams and aspirations, hallmarked with a craftsmanship that has earned the author three O. Henry Prizes.