A brilliant – and rather transgressive – collection of short
stories from the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf
Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the Light. Including
a new story ‘The School of English’. Hilary Mantel is one of
Britain’s most accomplished and acclaimed writers. In these ten
bracingly subversive tales, all her gifts of characterisation and
observation are fully engaged, summoning forth the horrors so often
concealed behind everyday façades. Childhood cruelty is played out
behind the bushes in ‘Comma’; nurses clash in ‘Harley
Street’ over something more than professional differences; and in
the title story, staying in for the plumber turns into an ambiguous
and potentially deadly waiting game. Whether set in a
claustrophobic Saudi Arabian flat or on a precarious mountain road
in Greece, these stories share an insight into the darkest recesses
of the spirit. Displaying all of Mantel’s unmistakable style and
wit, they reveal a great writer at the peak of her powers.
General
| Imprint: |
Fourth Estate
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
May 2015 |
| Authors: |
Hilary Mantel
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| Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
288 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-758099-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-00-758099-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780007580996 |
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