Sightseeing

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‘This debut show more than mere promise: it is a fine achievement in its own right.’ — GuardianOne of the most widely talked about debuts of 2005, Sightseeing is a masterful storytelling by an award- …

A Winter's Night

Enter if you dare…A man driving through a remote part of Denmark is forced to take shelter from a snowstorm in a lonely castle. Inside, he encounters the Count who lives there, a strange old man who …

The Name on the Door is Not Mine

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Gathered from throughout Stead’s career, these stories are a reminder of his deft storytelling and literary power. They are clever, sensual, wry and beautifully written, with Stead’s subtle sense of h …

Trajectory

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RTE Guide’s Book of the Year, 2018Richard Russo’s characters in these four expansive stories bear little similarity to the blue-collar citizens we’re familiar with from many of his novels. In ‘Horsema …

Spring Tide

A thought-provoking collection of contemporary short stories from the winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award 2013.Chris Beckett’s thought-provoking and wide-ranging collection of contemporary short stor …

Best Served Cold

When Tara farewells her older sister, Cassy, on a trip to New Zealand, she waves goodbye as Cassy calls out, ‘See you in September.’ But it’s many years before Tara and her parents see or even hear fr …

The Simplest Words

From one of Australia’s greatest novelists comes this fine collection, a storyteller’s journey. These short stories and essays, written over the last forty years, comprise an insightful and intelligen …

When There's Nowhere Else To Run

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In one way or another, isn’t everyone on the run?A survivor of bushfires takes asylum with old friends. An editor-in-chief drives his sister halfway around Australia to an east-coast rehabilitation cl …

Mothers Grimm

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You make deals with God. You make deals with the Devil. You’re not fussy. But as a wise man once said: “It’s the saying you don’t care what you get what gets you jiggered.” So you say it, and you’re j …

Bream Gives Me Hiccups

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Bream Gives Me Hiccups: And Other Stories is the whip-smart fiction debut of Academy Award-nominated actor and star of The Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg. Known for his iconic film roles but also for …

Goodnight, Beautiful Women

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Anna Noyes has produced a powerful, mesmerizing debut collection of loosely interconnected short stories. Assured and atmospheric and imbued with the luminous beauty of the Maine coastline, these stor …

Favourite Sherlock Holmes Stories

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When this competition was first mooted I went into it in a most light-hearted way, thinking that it would be the easiest thing in the world to pick out the twelve best of the Holmes stories. In practi …

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

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In The Murders in the Rue Morgue, all of Paris is in shock following the ghastly murder of two women – but with all witnesses claiming to have heard the suspect speak a different language, the police …

Between Enemies

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November 1917. When Austrian forces advance into Northern Italy, the aristocratic Spada family find their estate requisitioned by enemy soldiers. A cruel act of violence against a group of local villa …

Small Circle of Beings

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FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE PROMISEDamon Galgut’s first collection of stories transports us to 1980s South Africa where politics begins at home.An exquisite early work by the Booker Pr …

Too Weird for Ziggy

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Sylvie Simmons’ fiction debut, Too Weird for Ziggy is a darkly comic collection of linked stories all set in the world of crass A & R men, fans mired in hero worship, and music stars perpetually on th …