Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey

Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey is a collection of fantasy short stories, narrated by Mr. Joseph Jorkens, by writer Lord Dunsany. It was first published in London by Putnam in September, 1940. It was the third collection of Dunsany's Jorkens tales to be published. It has also been issued in combination with the fourth book, The Fourth Book of Jorkens, in the omnibus edition The Collected Jorkens, Volume Two, published by Night Shade Books in 2004.

Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey
Dust-jacket for Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey by Lord Dunsany
AuthorLord Dunsany
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesJorkens
Genrefantasy short stories
PublisherPutnam
Publication date
1940
Preceded byJorkens Remembers Africa 
Followed byThe Fourth Book of Jorkens 

As noted by S. T. Joshi and many book dealers, this volume was and remains very scarce.

The book collects twenty-six short pieces by Dunsany.

Contents
  • "Preface"
  • "Jorkens' Revenge"
  • "Jorkens Retires from Business"
  • "Jorkens Handles a Big Property"
  • "The Invention of Dr. Caber"
  • "The Grecian Singer"
  • "The Jorkens Family Emeralds"
  • "A Fishing Story"
  • "Jorkens in High Finance"
  • "The Sign"
  • "The Angelic Shepherd"
  • "The Neapolitan Ice"
  • "The Development of the Rillswood Estate"
  • "The Fancy Man"
  • "The Lion and the Unicorn"
  • "A Doubtful Story"
  • "Jorkens Looks Forward"
  • "Jorkens Among the Ghosts"
  • "Elephant Shooting"
  • "African Magic"
  • "Jorkens Consults a Prophet"
  • "A Matter of Business"
  • "The Invention of the Age"
  • "The Sultan, the Monkey and the Banana"
  • "Pundleton's Audience"
  • "The Fight in the Drawing-Room"
  • "The Ivory Poacher"
gollark: Is this that sentient regex from a few days ago?
gollark: Just switch to radio telescopes.
gollark: This seems like not-particularly-meaningful word-association "reasoning".
gollark: That would be mean. I am using some of those.
gollark: You would complain to the authorities about a garden with antennas in it? Why?

References
  • Joshi, S. T. (1993). Lord Dunsany: a Bibliography / by S. T. Joshi and Darrell Schweitzer. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. pp. 21–22. ISBN 0-8108-2714-X.
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