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Literary Fiction: Short Stories

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Theft

Theft

N S Koenings

The path from Europe to Africa has been much travelled in literature but rarely in such an evocative, nuanced, and even playful way as in N.S. Köenings's THEFT. Here are five seductive tales...

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Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations

Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations

Alexander McCall Smith Read by Anton Lesser

From the creator of THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY comes a medley of perverse couplings, casual dates and romantic encounters: hilarious tales that will sadden, inspire and surprise. McCall...

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Murder in the Rough

Murder in the Rough

Ed: Otto Penzler

This the fourth tile in a sports mystery series edited by Otto Penzler.

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The Girl Who Married a Lion

The Girl Who Married a Lion

Alexander McCall Smith Read by Adjoa Andoh

Mma Ramotswe reads the foreword she has written to these tales, then goes on to narrate them all herself, passing them on to us verbally as did her father's aunt to her.

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The Girl Who Married a Lion

The Girl Who Married a Lion

Alexander McCall Smith Read by Anton Lesser

'I shall put this book on my desk and read it when there is nothing to be done in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' - from Mma Ramotswe's foreword.

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Consider the Lobster: Essays and Arguments

Consider the Lobster: Essays and Arguments

David Foster Wallace Read by the author

Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a sick sense of humour? What is John Updike’s deal anyway? And who won the Adult Video News’ Female Performer of the Year Award the same year Gwyneth...

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12 Days: Stories Inspired by 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'

12 Days: Stories Inspired by 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'

ed. Shelley Silas

'On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me…'

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A Thirsty Evil (POD)

A Thirsty Evil (POD)

Gore Vidal

From the poignant realisation as an adult of the cruel brutality of childhood in 'The Robin', man then comes face to face with himself as a boy in 'A Moment of Green Laurel': both stories combining...

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The Lives of Strangers

The Lives of Strangers

Chitra Divakaruni

Chitra Divakaruni is well known for her highly acclaimed novel THE MISTRESS OF SPICES and her award winning short story collection ARRANGED MARRIAGE. In this new collection she weaves tales of...

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Collected Stories

Collected Stories

Angela Huth

Angela Huth is one our most consistently enthralling novelists, with a career that spans such critically acclaimed works as LAND GIRLS, WIVES OF THE FISHERMEN and OF LOVE AND SLAUGHTER. But she is...

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The Essential Gore Vidal

The Essential Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

Vidal writes with ease and grace, and roams through many subjects and genres. He is a master of the historical novel, in which he has explored American history, ancient history, and the history of...

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Lying in Bed

Lying in Bed

Polly Samson

Do you cover up or reveal it all; seek revenge or just reassurance; let the truth be naked as the day or cloaked in a night-time story? The men and women of Polly Samson’s debut fiction all have...

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