Penguin Modern Classics

''Paul stepped off the curb and got hit by a truck. He didn''t know what it was that hit him at first, but now, here on his back, under the truck, there could be no doubt.''

One of 50 original and exciting books of short stories, publishing in February to celebrate half a century of Penguin Modern Classics.

This book contains Romance of the Thin Man and the Fat Lady, The Babysitter, and A Pedestrian Accident.