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Mr Feasey is a short, sharp, cunning story from Roald Dahl, the master of the twist in the tale.InMr Feasey, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a story about the darker side of human nature. Here, two dog owners hope to make a killing at the...
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Penguin
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2012-09-13
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Someone Like You is a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale.InSomeone Like You, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells of two wartime pilots arguing over the fickle hand of fate (and the airman) . . ....
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Penguin
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2012-09-13
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Galloping Foxley is a short, sharp story from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale.InGalloping Foxley, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a commuter is disturbed by an encounter...
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Penguin
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2012-09-13
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Only This is a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale.InOnly This, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells of a mother restlessly waiting for her bomber crewman son to return form a raid . . .Only This...
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Penguin
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2012-09-13
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Mr Hoddy is a short, sharp, amusing story from Roald Dahl, the master of the macabre tale.InMr Hoddy, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a comic story of human folly. Here, a man trying to convince the father of his beloved of his good prospects...
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Penguin
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2012-09-13
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They Shall Not Grow Old is a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale.InThey Shall Not Grow Old, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells of a pilot who goes missing for two days and the strange tale he...
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Penguin
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2012-09-13
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Liver - Booker prize nominee Will Self's extraordinary examination of lives out of control'Magnificent, horribly funny' The Times'Brilliant. One of the most manically imaginative writers at work today' Financial Times'This is what Self does best: snap-shots of decline...
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Penguin
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2012-09-06
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A man at his desk is interrupted by the appearance of a woodland elf in his room; the piano maestro Bachmann ends his career; a barber shaves the face of a man who once tortured him; a shy dreamer makes a deal with the Devil. In these sixty-five stories of magic and...
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Penguin
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2012-09-06
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These eleven arresting, comic, and moving stories by acclaimed writer Michael Parker testify to the driving force of love, the lengths to which we’ll go to claim it and pursue it, the delusions we’ll float to keep it going, the torment that goes part and...
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Algonquin Books
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2012-09-01
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The highly-acclaimed short story collection by the author of Gordon, the erotic novel banned for indecency in 1966InThe Darts of Cupid, Edith Templeton gives a sweeping and intimate exposé of her century and the lives of the women who lived in it.The unforgettable title...
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Penguin
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2012-08-30
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The writing team that delivered the bestselling Faithful takes the readers to the ballpark again, and to a world beyond.Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball. His...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2012-08-21
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A man, dispirited by ageing, endeavours to steal a younger man’s face; a doctor yearns for a virus that might eliminate his discomfort by turning everyone else into doubles of himself; a Colonel lays out the precepts of the life of DE (Do Easy); conspirators...
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Penguin
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2012-08-02
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A collection of fourteen stories containing a broad cast of amusing characters involved in adventures which are by turns funny, ingenious and moving.
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Cornerstone Digital
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2012-07-31
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This brand new collection of 28 short stories by Janet Frame spans the length of her career and contains some of the best she wrote. None of these stories has been published in a collection before, and more than half are published for the first time in Gorse is Not...
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Nz Epenguin
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2012-07-25
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Love as violence, love as a curse, love as redemption, as suffering, as wisdom, as innocence, as delusion – each story takes place on the night of 19 March 1929 and a character tries to understand or express love from his or her perspective: as dancer, lawyer,...
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Vintage Digital
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2012-06-30
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In Bed With is an often wicked and totally sizzling collection of unashamedly sexy stories by bestselling, award-winning and well-known novelists - writing under their x-rated pseudonyms. Entertaining and erotic,In Bed With is a delicious collection of fiction...
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Sphere
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2012-06-28
ePub
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'Lisa Tuttle never disappoints' George R.R. MartinAn exclusive short story from the author of THE MYSTERIES and THE SILVER BOUGH.A working wife and mother longs for more time to write, then finds a hidden room where her wish is granted, where she can work undisturbed in...
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Arcadia
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2012-06-14
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An elderly refugee couple sit patiently on the train waiting to see their long lost son; a young destitute mother is forced to give up her daughter; a middle-aged Tamil woman sits at her kitchen table, alone in her house in England, waiting for her husband, and a boy...
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Abacus
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2012-06-07
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Since the 1990 publication of her first collection, Four Bare Legs in a Bed, Helen Simpson has been hailed as one of the best short story writers at work in the world today. These wonderfully funny and penetrating stories take on the full stretch, from birth to death...
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Vintage Digital
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2012-05-31
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These pieces show the range of Waugh's skills: Mr Loveday's Little Outing; Cruise; Period Piece; On Guard; An Englishman's Home; Excursion in Reality; Bella Fleace Gave a Party; Winner Takes All; Work Suspended; Scott-King's Modern Europe; Basil Seal Rides Again; and...
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Penguin
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2012-05-31
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