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Twelve Macabre Short Stories
Courttia Newland
ISBN: 9781845230401
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Peepal Tree Press Ltd
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A middle-aged man with a guilty taste for schoolgirls seeks a way to end his shame; a hotel receptionist begins a sexual adventure with a vulnerable guest; a young man is troubled by a persistent itch behind his shoulder-blades; a sculptor is asked to make a realistic life-size woman by a Japanese client. In these and other stories…
A middle-aged man with a guilty taste for schoolgirls seeks a way to end his shame; a hotel receptionist begins a sexual adventure with a vulnerable guest; a young man is troubled by a persistent itch behind his shoulder-blades; a sculptor is asked to make a realistic life-size woman by a Japanese client. In these and other stories, there is a delight in the dark, the grotesque and the uncanny. Drawing inspiration from horror movies, Roald Dahl's short stories, Tales of the Unexpected and everyday life in West London, Newland mixes the literary and the popular to reinvigorate the short story form.
| ISBN | 184523040X | | Pages | 280 | | ISBN13 | 9781845230401
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Peepal Tree Press Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 204 | | Imprint | Peepal Tree Press Ltd | | Published in | Yorkshire | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 206 | | Publication date | 24 Jul 2006 | | Width (mm) | 136 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Spine width (mm) | 13 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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| | | Suicide note | | 9 | | | | Double room | | 32 | | | | Gold | | 48 | | | | Flight of freedom | | 71 | | | | His healing hands | | 76 | | | | The child who wished | | 87 | | | | The great white hate | | 94 | | | | An age old problem | | 101 | | | | Sound of the drums | | 110 | | | | All crew | | 119 | | | | Complexion maketh not the (black) man | | 137 | | | | Smile, mannequin, smile | | 148 | | | | The last word ... | | 163 |
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