The Garden of Bad Dreams

"The Garden of Bad Dreams" is a seductive collection of short stories from Christopher Hope: a conjurer of strange places and displaced people.From the story of the entertainer who is compelled to collect small people, to the monk who pushes away a mountain from his monastery, we are confronted with characters who could have been plucked from a fairy tale and yet are very much part of our own world.Transporting us from the Malaysian highlands to an Ex-Servicemen's Estate in Badminton, from a zoo in the midst of a civil war to a forested hillside in central Serbia, "The Garden of Bad Dreams" is a constantly surprising, highly addictive mixture of the absurd and the darkly familiar. It is a masterful collection.

ISBN	1843547724	DEWEY edition	DC22
ISBN13	9781843547723 (What's this?)	Pages	144
Publisher	Atlantic Books	Published in	London
Imprint	Atlantic Books	Height (mm)	210
Format	Hardback	Width (mm)	148
Publication date	01 May 2008	Academic level	General
DEWEY	823.914

		The Garden of Bad Dreams		1
		The White Witch		14
		Veterans		23
		In the Way		36
		The Pink Shoes		44
		Whose Zoo		54
		The Day Out		62
		Wall Story		72
		Covered Bridge and Autumn Splendour		77
		How It Was		85
		St. Francis in the Veld		96
		The Violin		110
		Gus		120

"'Grave and tender, savage and subtle... Remarkable.' Giles Foden, Guardian 'Exceptionally funny... Hope's novel, his style lively, colorful, colloquial, is an addictive read.' Brian Martin, Sunday Telegraph 'Hope writes with extraordinary exuberance and invention... This powerful, disturbing, scintillating novel confirms me in my view that Hope is one of the dozen best novelists in this country today.' Francis King, Literary Review"

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