Category: Short Stories

Pilgrims and Other Stories

Pilgrims and Other Stories

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A collection of short stories in which the characters misjudge things, find themselves in the wrong place, and who doggedly follow the wrong path, such as the vegetable market stallholder who decides to stand for election against the...
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The Pier Falls: And Other Stories

The Pier Falls: And Other Stories

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Mark Haddon, author of the international bestselling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and A Spot of Bother, returns with a collection of unsparing short stories In the prize-winning story “The Gun,” a...
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My Purple Scented Novel

My Purple Scented Novel

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Short story published in the March 28, 2016 Edition of The New Yorker. Also available to read online. ‘You will have heard of my friend the once celebrated novelist Jocelyn Tarbet, but I suspect his memory is beginning to fade…You’d...
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Fresh Complaint

Fresh Complaint

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The first collection of short fiction from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeffrey Eugenides Jeffrey Eugenides’s bestselling novels have shown him to be an astute observer of the crises of adolescence, self-discovery, family love, and...
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An African Story

An African Story

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An African Story is a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale. In An African Story, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells us the twisted tale of the dog killer, the...
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Dip in the Pool

Dip in the Pool

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Dip in the Pool is a short, sharp story from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale. In Dip in the Pool, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells an unsettling story of human folly. Here, a man acts rashly and...
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