The Pier Falls |
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| Author:
| Haddon, Mark |
| ISBN: | 978-1-910702-18-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2016 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House
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| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $32.99 |
Book Description:
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'He writes with the craft of Julian Barnes or, even, Truman Capote.' The Times A Spectator Book of the Year An expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong. A seaside pier collapses. A thirty-stone man is confined to his living room. One woman is abandoned on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean. Another woman is saved from drowning. Two boys discover a gun in a...
More Description 'He writes with the craft of Julian Barnes or, even, Truman Capote.' The Times
A Spectator Book of the Year
An expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong.
A seaside pier collapses.
A thirty-stone man is confined to his living room.
One woman is abandoned on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean.
Another woman is saved from drowning.
Two boys discover a gun in a shoebox.
A group of explorers find a cave of unimaginable size deep in the Amazon jungle.
A man shoots a stranger in the chest on Christmas Eve.
In this first collection of stories by the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon demonstrates two things- first that he is a master of the short form (several of the stories have been longlisted for prizes), second that his imagination is even darker than we had thought.