Angus Wilson's first volume of short stories, **The Wrong Set** was first published in 1949 to immense critical acclaim. The collection is a brilliantly funny exposure of the protective devices with which people seek to mask deep-laid egotism. There is the wallowing in self-adulation on the part
The Wrong Cake and other stories
โ Scribed by Sarah Boyd
- Book ID
- 110866601
- Publisher
- Sarah Boyd
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 163 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781913036676
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โฆ Synopsis
For all those, who have ever been curious about their neighbours...
Things are not as they first appear in these 17 well-observed tales of everyday life.
A rich cast of characters includes a man incarcerated by his own rubbish, an inventor aiming high with unintended consequences, a cook with a secret, a woman, who will do anything to hang on to her privileged lifestyle, and some older ladies who don't always play by everyone else's rules... Not forgetting a cat, who is almost human.
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**Including the story "Horse," as heard on _This American Life_.** ** **** **For fans of George Saunders and Karen Russell, an "amazing, wildly inventive"* collection of stories that straddles the line between the real and the fantastical. (*** ****Kevin Wilson)****** ** **In _The Wrong Heave
After falling from a car park roof, cartoonist Tom Hannah is left with partial amnesia and the feeling that something important is missing from his life. His journey to recovery is hampered by a growing inability to distinguish between real and imaginary events. The characters from his cartoon strip
After falling from a car park roof, cartoonist Tom Hannah is left with partial amnesia and the feeling that something important is missing from his life. His journey to recovery is hampered by a growing inability to distinguish between real and imaginary events. The characters from his cartoon strip