### Review Praise for THE CRASH OF HENNINGTON:'A wholly original, hugely enjoyable first novel... Interweaving gorgeously fresh characters and a wagonload of parallel plots, this is the product of a heart-warmingly deranged new voice.' Guardian'Patrick Ness recreates the world as we know it, infusi
Topics About Which I Know Nothing
- Book ID
- 107783739
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Standards
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Scintillating, surprising, inventive fiction from one of the most talented young writers in Britain ? this is a superb collection of new short stories from the acclaimed author of The Crash of Hennington. Have you heard the urban myth about Jesus's double-jointed elbows yet? 100% true. Or seen the latest reports on the 'groomgrabbing' trend ? the benevolent kidnapping of badly-dressed children by their well-meaning (and more dapper) elders? Heard the one about the Amazon from the Isle of Man? Or perhaps you'd like a job in telesales, offering self-defence classes over the phone? Don't worry, as long as you meet the weekly quota, you won't be sent to the end of the hall? Wonderfully original, fresh and funny, Topics About Which I Know Nothing is stuffed to the gills with dizzyingly inventive writing and warming, puzzling emotions ? a fictional guide to how the world might have turned out.
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