The William Trevor Reader: “A Happy Family”
by Adam O’Fallon Price
Feb 15, 2022
2 minutes
Well, you know from this title, going in, that the family in question is going to be unhappy. The question is what form the unhappiness will take. It turns out that it takes the form of the narrator’s wife’s burgeoning mental illness—she begins getting calls from a “Mr. Higgs,” who knows intimate details of her life and calls into question her present happiness. As
You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.
Start your free 30 days