BY THE AUTHOR OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZESHORTLISTED AND 2022 WOMENS FICTION PRIZESHORTLISTED GREAT CIRCLEThe same chilling brilliance of Daphne du Mauriers most unsettling short fiction FINANCIAL TIMESHas an innate charm of its own. Beautifully realised DAILY MAILIts a rare writer who can create a world as convincingly over a few pages as in a 600page novel Shipsteads fluency in both forms is testament to the skill she modestly casts as a work in progress Stephanie Merritt, GUARDIANMaggie Shipstead combines cinematic scope with a poets attention to detail THE TIMESA collection of sparkling awardwinning stories from Maggie Shipstead, epic storyteller and astonishing chronicler of the daring and the damaged. Diving into eclectic and vivid settings, from an Olympic village to a deathbed in Paris to a Pacific atoll, and illuminating a cast of unforgettable characters, Shipstead traverses the ordinary and extraordinary with cunning, compassion, and wit.Meet the silent cowgirl and horse wrangler escaping an ugly home life, only to fall into a decadelong triangle of unrequited love a male novelist who is just reckoning with his own pretentiousness as his debut novel goes to print a honeymoon couples time in the hills of Romania builds into a moment of shattering tragedy. In the title story, a famous child actress breaks away from a religious cult, as she tells with brittle candour her tale of childhood damage and the dark side of fame.Exuding both tenderness and bite, Shipstead...

Binding: Paperback;288 pages; Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 334 g; Dimensions: 130 x 198 x 20

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