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FROM THE AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE (1996) AND THE WHITBREAD PRIZE (2003)
‘The Mackay vision . . . as rich in history and wonder as a plain Victorian terrace house’ GUARDIAN
‘Her style has a lyric elegance that has deceived critics into describing her, with that most dismissive term of faint praise, as ‘gentle’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘The bizarre and the banal, the half-remembered and the yet-to-come’ INDEPENDENT
Shena Mackay is one of the very best short-story writers in the world. The Atmospheric Railway contains not only thirteen brilliant new stories, but a selection of twenty-three more from her previous collections, making it a delight for her existing admirers and the perfect introduction to her work for newcomers.
‘The Mackay vision . . . as rich in history and wonder as a plain Victorian terrace house’ GUARDIAN
‘Her style has a lyric elegance that has deceived critics into describing her, with that most dismissive term of faint praise, as ‘gentle’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘The bizarre and the banal, the half-remembered and the yet-to-come’ INDEPENDENT
Shena Mackay is one of the very best short-story writers in the world. The Atmospheric Railway contains not only thirteen brilliant new stories, but a selection of twenty-three more from her previous collections, making it a delight for her existing admirers and the perfect introduction to her work for newcomers.