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'He felt a sudden deep pity for the finger joint that lay there on the dresser, a few drops of blood gathering around the white bone.'A deliberately severed finger, a junky's Christmas miracle and a Tangier con-artist, among others, feature in these hallucinogenic...
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Penguin
Parution :
2018-02-22
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'If I think about it, and I have the time and inclination and capacity to do so, we dogs are an odd lot.'How does a dog see the world? How do any of us? In this playful and enigmatic story of a canine philosopher, Kafka explores the limits of knowledge. Penguin Modern:...
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Penguin
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2018-02-22
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Escape to the seaside with Part Two of a brand-new four-part serial set on the Devon coast, from bestselling author Cathy Bramley.Just a few weeks in Brightside Cove and Nina has already started to forget the life she’s left behind. But London is calling – lots has...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2018-02-08
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'Beautifully crafted' New York Times'The best collection I've read in years, from a phenomenal new talent' Celeste NgFrom an award-winning writer, a stunning collection of stories about women's unexpressed desires and needs, and the unexpected ways they resurface.In...
Editeur :
Blackfriars
Parution :
2018-02-06
ePub
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**A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF 2018**The Largesse of the Sea Maiden is the long-awaited new story collection from Denis Johnson, author of the groundbreaking, highly acclaimed Jesus’ Son. Written in the same luminous prose, this collection finds Johnson in new...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2018-02-01
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Escape to the seaside with Part One of a brand-new four-part serial set on the Devon coast, from bestselling author Cathy Bramley.Nina has always dreamed of being a star, unfortunately her agent thinks she’s more best friend than leading lady. Unsurprisingly, her career...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2018-01-11
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Gentle, witty and sometimes disturbing, DANGEROUS PLEASURES is Patrick Gale's first collection of much loved short stories'Nattily subversive, sexually ambiguous, intelligent and disturbing. The prose sizzles with acidic observation' Sunday TimesA funeral party ends in...
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Tinder Press
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2018-01-05
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A passionate and intensely sensual short story by bestselling author Alice Raine. Perfect for fans of 365 Days, E. L. James, Sylvia Day and Tara Sue Me.Readers LOVE Alice Raine's deeply erotic tales:'Omg she's done it again!! Couldn't put this book down and in fact read...
Editeur :
Headline Accent
Parution :
2017-12-21
Collection :
Sinful Treats
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A philandering art dealer tries to give up casual love affairs - seeking only passionate kisses as a substitute.A man recounts his personal history through the things he has stolen from others throughout his life. A couple chart the journey of their five year...
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Penguin
Parution :
2017-11-02
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM THE AUTHOR'Impressive' The Times'Funny and pitch perfect' Sunday Express'I blink, bubble and boggle in amazed admiration' Stephen Fry'These stories are a hit' Financial Times A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the...
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Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2017-10-17
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Envy, lust, sorrow . . .From the author of A Bouquet of Barbed Wire comes an anthology of short stories overflowing with sensation - Andrea Newman leads you through a series of visceral sensations - swirling sexuality, jealousy, love and loss.The power he was using over...
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Penguin
Parution :
2017-10-05
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THE 2017 MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF LINCOLN INTHE BARDOIn his first collection, George Saunders' vision of our near future is as black and funny as you can get. He takes us on a trip to the shopping malls and theme parks and enviromental hazards that lie just...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2017-09-21
ePub
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDGE HILL PRIZEAlmost-true stories for a post-truth worldWrong! Not Nice! Sad!A Manhattan party on election night. Liberal media types gather with big grins and high-end canapés to watch the Trump-Clinton results come in, expecting a smooth victory...
Editeur :
Riverrun
Parution :
2017-08-24
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PERFECT for fans of Roald Dahl.Think you know Dahl? Think again. There's still a whole world of Dahl to discover in a newly collected book of his deliciously dark tales for adults . . . How underhand could you be to get what you want? In these ten tales of dark and...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2017-08-10
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PERFECT for fans of Roald Dahl.Think you know Dahl? Think again. There's still a whole world of Dahl to discover in a newly collected book of his deliciously dark tales for adults . . . What makes us innocent and how do we come to lose it? Featuring the autobiographical...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2017-08-10
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***OVER A MILLION COPIES OF THE IRON DRUID BOOKS SOLD***'American Gods meets Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden' SFF WorldDiscover this action-packed collection of short stories featuring Atticus O'Sullivan - the two-thousand-year-old tattooed Irishman with extraordinary...
Editeur :
Orbit UK
Parution :
2017-07-11
Collection :
Iron Druid Chronicles
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A collection of short stories from the author of "Twenty One Poems" and "Three Poems".A. S. Byatt's comment that Ruth Fainlight's poems 'combine Alice Munro's virtues with something more archaic and also, in exact clear words, give us a truly new vision of usual and...
Editeur :
Virago
Parution :
2017-07-06
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From the hilarious Booker-shortlisted author of To Rise Again at a Decent Hour 'He reflected in future retrospect on the evening and foretold every gesture, every word. "I can't do it," he said. "I can predict everything that will happen from the moment they arrive to...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2017-06-29
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Enjoy Helen Simpson’s sharply funny, humane take on the everyday joys and struggles of motherhood. ...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2017-06-08
ePub
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The Complete Stories gathers together Anita Desai's short story collections Diamond Dust and Games at Twilight and the novellas ofThe Artist of Disappearance, with a new preface from the author. From the icy suburbs of Canada to the overcrowded B&Bs of Cornwall, via the...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2017-06-01
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