Wattle and Daub |
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Author:
| Coughlan, Brian |
ISBN: | 978-0-9987508-3-5 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2018 |
Publisher: | Etruscan Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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The world of Wattle & daub is inhabited by mysterious and peculiar creatures. A woman who fears the living thing in her apartment walls. An office-based streaker with an axe to grind. Automatons that finally recognise their creator. A disgraced crusader. A terminally ill man resorting to hypnotism to quit smoking. The couple who conceive an alarm clock. A dying brain unspooling receding memories of a funfair...With ear-dizzying force, the stories in this debut collection meld and...
More DescriptionThe world of Wattle & daub is inhabited by mysterious and peculiar creatures. A woman who fears the living thing in her apartment walls. An office-based streaker with an axe to grind. Automatons that finally recognise their creator. A disgraced crusader. A terminally ill man resorting to hypnotism to quit smoking. The couple who conceive an alarm clock. A dying brain unspooling receding memories of a funfair...With ear-dizzying force, the stories in this debut collection meld and stretch into truly new directions. Every page is mined with humour, sympathy, and blistering language that mark Brian Coughlan as a unique fabricator of short tales.