The Body in the Mobile Library & Other Stories
€13.90
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781785633904 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Bradshaw |
| Publisher | Eye Books |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.188 |
| Publishing Date | 11/04/2024 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €13.11 |
| Tax | €0.79 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €13.90 |
| Availability | 5 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
‘Staggering and unforgettable storytelling’ Mel Giedroyc In his retirement at the Vatican, emeritus pope Benedict XVI is hard at work on his magnum opus: a high-school comedy screenplay. At a grimy pub in North London, a doctoral researcher is abducted by gangsters peddling William Wordsworth’s handwritten account of drug-fuelled sex orgies. In the West African state of Benin, a politician’s daughter inherits a large cash sum which she can only launder with the help of a random Englishman sourced on the internet. With twenty-one deliciously observed, gloriously mischievous short stories – some previously narrated on BBC Radio 4 or published in literary magazines, others completely new – Peter Bradshaw explores the boundary between the plausible and the absurd, often with a laugh-out-loud gag up his sleeve. Amid the playfulness, he has an enduring warmth and sympathy for every character, however hapless. He offers pinpricks of light in a dark sky of confusion and pain.