They meet on several occasions, but because of his condition, she’s always a new face. The best of the lot, “Giotto’s Angels,” is about Constantine, an amnesiac art restorer, and a prostitute named Denise. Trevor always had a weakness for lovelorn protagonists, and each of these 10 stories features characters who are in some way heartbroken or bereft. Nonetheless, this is a typically gratifying effort, a volume of faultless prose and contemplative characters, and a fitting testament to his storytelling prowess.
Nor does it seem destined to supplant “The Story of Lucy Gault” or “A Bit on the Side” atop the list of Trevor’s finest work. “Last Stories,” his final collection, doesn’t settle the matter, of course. When William Trevor died in November 2016, an obituary in the Guardian noted that across the globe, his name was “synonymous with good fiction.” The only question, according to the British newspaper, was whether he’d be remembered more for his novels or his short stories.
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