--- product_id: 179809581 title: "No Comebacks" price: "104 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/179809581-no-comebacks store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # No Comebacks **Price:** 104 zł **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** No Comebacks - **How much does it cost?** 104 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/179809581-no-comebacks) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description No Comebacks [Frederick Forsyth, Nigel Davenport] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. No Comebacks Review: An excellent book of short stories by Mr. Forsyth - An excellent collection of short stories by Mr. Frederick Forsyth, all loaded with intrigue and ending with fiendishly clever plot twists. The ending of the opening--and titular--story has arguably the most shocking and gut-wrenching ending of them all. IMHO, the most satisfying are "The Emperor" (a bit of "The Old Man and the Sea" meets "The Taming of the Shrew" for lack of a better analogy) and "Privilege" (it's great to see an uppity, seemingly untouchable mainstream media journalist get his comeuppance and poetic justice). The stories also give good insight into the societies and cultures of 20th century England, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland alike A couple of minor nitpicks: (1) "Used In Evidence" ends with a bit of a "WTF?" unresolved feel. (2) On p. 21, Forsyth commits a technical gaffe when he claims that autopistols are mode difficult to silence than wheelguns because "Automatics, unlike revolvers, do not have a closed breech." Actually, most semiauto pistols (including the 9mm Browning used by the character in that particular story) have a locked breech, and moreover, revolvers are more difficult to silence b/c of the exploding gases escaping the cylinder. Those nitpicks aside, a thoroughly enjoyable read, enhanced all the more by some delightfully witty prose employed throughout the stories. A couple of examples: (1) "It is a strange thing about police cars; when you need one they are like strawberries in Greenland. Scrape a few inches of paint off somebody else's bodywork and they come out of the gratings." (p. 122) (2) "It is one of the burdens of the Irish to pass through history being mistaken for the English." (p. 215) Review: Good things in small packages - I stumbled onto No Comebacks while looking for another book by one of my favorite authors of spy fiction. Short stories by Frederick Forsyth? Really? Why not? So, I ordered a hardcover copy. Great decision! I read this fine collection of short stories over one week, largely on my Manhattan balcony, during Quarantine 2020. Forsyth, dependably, whisked me away from the quietude and grimness of the COVID-19 pandemic to a variety of locales, mainly in the United Kingdom. From the world of a suddenly smitten playboy in London's West End, to a sadistically supervised demolition site outside Belfast, to the leafy Kentish estate of a meticulous rare-coin dealer, we meet Forsyth's carefully drawn characters in their well-sketched environments. Seemingly routine circumstances develop into intriguing scenarios and, usually, very clever and satisfying conclusions. The story that develops into an elaborate fishing tale didn't thrill me, nor did another that finds strangers on a train playing cards on a ride across Ireland. But Forsyth's other chronicles were concise and captivating. This is a perfect book for quick reads, when your schedule suddenly allows for well-written, imaginative, 45-to 60-minute getaways. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #17,754 in Suspense Thrillers #276,542 in Literature & Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 3,356 Reviews | ## Images ![No Comebacks - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51S8qeo4L6L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An excellent book of short stories by Mr. Forsyth *by C***R on February 2, 2015* An excellent collection of short stories by Mr. Frederick Forsyth, all loaded with intrigue and ending with fiendishly clever plot twists. The ending of the opening--and titular--story has arguably the most shocking and gut-wrenching ending of them all. IMHO, the most satisfying are "The Emperor" (a bit of "The Old Man and the Sea" meets "The Taming of the Shrew" for lack of a better analogy) and "Privilege" (it's great to see an uppity, seemingly untouchable mainstream media journalist get his comeuppance and poetic justice). The stories also give good insight into the societies and cultures of 20th century England, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland alike A couple of minor nitpicks: (1) "Used In Evidence" ends with a bit of a "WTF?" unresolved feel. (2) On p. 21, Forsyth commits a technical gaffe when he claims that autopistols are mode difficult to silence than wheelguns because "Automatics, unlike revolvers, do not have a closed breech." Actually, most semiauto pistols (including the 9mm Browning used by the character in that particular story) have a locked breech, and moreover, revolvers are more difficult to silence b/c of the exploding gases escaping the cylinder. Those nitpicks aside, a thoroughly enjoyable read, enhanced all the more by some delightfully witty prose employed throughout the stories. A couple of examples: (1) "It is a strange thing about police cars; when you need one they are like strawberries in Greenland. Scrape a few inches of paint off somebody else's bodywork and they come out of the gratings." (p. 122) (2) "It is one of the burdens of the Irish to pass through history being mistaken for the English." (p. 215) ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good things in small packages *by D***K on April 21, 2020* I stumbled onto No Comebacks while looking for another book by one of my favorite authors of spy fiction. Short stories by Frederick Forsyth? Really? Why not? So, I ordered a hardcover copy. Great decision! I read this fine collection of short stories over one week, largely on my Manhattan balcony, during Quarantine 2020. Forsyth, dependably, whisked me away from the quietude and grimness of the COVID-19 pandemic to a variety of locales, mainly in the United Kingdom. From the world of a suddenly smitten playboy in London's West End, to a sadistically supervised demolition site outside Belfast, to the leafy Kentish estate of a meticulous rare-coin dealer, we meet Forsyth's carefully drawn characters in their well-sketched environments. Seemingly routine circumstances develop into intriguing scenarios and, usually, very clever and satisfying conclusions. The story that develops into an elaborate fishing tale didn't thrill me, nor did another that finds strangers on a train playing cards on a ride across Ireland. But Forsyth's other chronicles were concise and captivating. This is a perfect book for quick reads, when your schedule suddenly allows for well-written, imaginative, 45-to 60-minute getaways. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great short stories *by S***C on September 26, 2025* Nice book, prompt delivery. These are some of the best short stories, ones that will stay with you. 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