***"Show Them a Good Time* is a master class in the short story-bold, irreverent and agonizingly funny." Sally Rooney, Author of *Normal People* and *Conversations with Friends*** **Named A Most Anticipated Novel of 2020 by** ***Entertainment Weekly* \* *Marie Claire \** *Wall Street Journal \**
Show Them a Good Time
โ Scribed by Nicole Flattery
- Book ID
- 100632613
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 114 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1526611953
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โฆ Synopsis
'I truly love and admire Nicole Flattery's writing.Show Them a Good Time is a masterclass in the short story - bold, irreverent and agonisingly funny - and it does full justice to its author's immense talent' SALLY ROONEY
'Demands repeated reading. These stories are very funny, and very sad, usually at the same time. Which, as Flattery shows us brilliantly, is the best time' JON MCGREGOR
An urgent and unforgettable collection of stories, Show Them a Good Time explores types - men and women, their assigned roles and meanings - in modern society.
A young, broke Irish woman narrates her relationship with a successful comedian in New York; two hapless university students take to the stage in a bid to assert their autonomy; a school teacher makes her way through a series of dead-end dates, gamely searching for love or distraction as the world teeters towards ruin.
The characters in these...
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