Every life contains a private joke. What's yours? Friendship, infidelity, fetishism, romance and resurrection are only some of the themes explored in this intriguing collection of thirteen short stories from a contemporary master of the form.The title story and "Sensible Shoes and " appeared in A Global Journal of Australian New Zealand Literature Vol. 27 No. 2 (Dec. 2013.)This collection was previously published under the title and "Albert's Getting Married and ".