Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey

Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey is a collection of fantasy short stories, narrated by Mr. Joseph Jorkens, by writer Lord Dunsany. It was first published in London by Michael Joseph in 1954. It was the fifth collection of Dunsany's Jorkens tales to be published. It has also been issued in combination with the sixth book, The Last Book of Jorkens, in the omnibus edition The Collected Jorkens, Volume Three, published by Night Shade Books in 2005.

Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey
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AuthorLord Dunsany
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesJorkens
GenreFantasy
PublisherMichael Joseph
Publication date
1954
Media typePrint (hardback)
Preceded byThe Fourth Book of Jorkens 
Followed byThe Last Book of Jorkens 

The book collects thirty-four short pieces by Dunsany, and in one key story, Jorkens is joined in the story by his most common adversary, Terbut.

Contents
  • "Preface"
  1. "The Two-Way War"
  2. "A Nice Lot of Diamonds"
  3. "Letting Bygones be Bygones"
  4. "The Lost Invention"
  5. "On Other Paths"
  6. "The Partner"
  7. "Poulet a la Richelieu"
  8. "A Walk in the Night"
  9. "One Summer's Evening"
  10. "A Friend of the Family"
  11. "An Eccentricity of Genius"
  12. "Influenza"
  13. "The Unrecorded Test Match"
  14. "Idle Tears"
  15. "Among the Neutrals"
  16. "An Idyll of the Sahara"
  17. "The Devil among the Willows"
  18. "A Spanish Castle"
  19. "The New Moon"
  20. "The Gods of Clay"
  21. "A Rash Remark"
  22. "The Story of Jorkens' Watch"
  23. "The Track Through the Wood"
  24. "Snow Water"
  25. "The Greatest Invention"
  26. "The Verdict"
  27. "A Conversation in Bond Street"
  28. "The Reward"
  29. "Which Way?"
  30. "A Desperado in Surrey"
  31. "Misadventure"
  32. "A Long Memory"
  33. "An Absentminded Professor"
  34. "Greek Meets Greek"
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References
  • Joshi, S. T. (1993). Lord Dunsany: a Bibliography / by S. T. Joshi and Darrell Schweitzer. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 27. ISBN 0-8108-2714-X.
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