' Eclectic entertaining almost all British if not human life is here' Boyd Tonkin Independent' Mind-stretching heart-breaking beautifully-crafted fiction' Claire Harman Evening Standard' She would tear the house down
- shatter the windows slash the furniture flood the baths fire the curtains!' Hilarious exuberant surreal subtle tender brutal spectacular & above all unexpected this extraordinary selection celebrates the British short story from the 1920s to the present day From Angela Carter to V S Pritchett Elizabeth Taylor to J G Ballard Ali Smith to a host of little-known works from magazines & periodicals & including tales of air-raids phone sex snobbery modern-day slavery grief desire the familiar & the strange here is the short story in all its limitless possibilities Edited & with an introduction by Philip Hensher the award-winning novelist critic & journalist