Five pieces from Huxley’s early years: The Gioconda Smile, in which the philandering Mr. Hutton finds that his flirtations have deadly consequences; a play, Permutations Among the Nightingales; the farcical Tillotson Banquet for a forgotten painter; Green Tunnels; and the black comedy of Nuns at Luncheon.
Huxley at his most mischievous, and The Gioconda Smile is among his best stories. Download the free EPUB.