A perceptive storyteller of real promise BERYL BAINBRIDGE
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Keep company with thieves and murdering artists; with the couple who miss the ferry for their make-or-break holiday; the mayonnaise deliveryman who becomes a reluctant golddigger, and the psychoanalyst and his GP wife who investigate a local widow's naked appearances in church.
'Intrigue, amuse, surprise and unsettle all at once... with a confidence and verve that make this a cracking good read' LINDSAY CLARKE 'An audacious imagination and stylistic brio... full of surprises, it is a fine collection' D M THOMAS £9 with free P&P in UK SIGNED, DEDICATED FIRST EDITION PARTHIAN BOOKS 229 pages p/b ISBN 9781910409688 Review at Wales Arts Review A couple in Bruges fall under the spell of two passing strangers... on a bright winter's day in St Ives, a girl inspires her boyfriend with the sculptures of Barbara Hepworth... a masked ball leads to unusual consequences for an actress. Six stories. 'Remarkable... as good as some of the best of Elizabeth Bowen, and praise cannot go higher than that' JOHN BAYLEY £7 with free postage and packing in UK SIGNED, DEDICATED FIRST EDITION MANUSCRIPT PUBLISHING ISBN 0954550501 Paperback 192 pages |
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A woman living inside a stone circle hides an unusual secret... a honeymoon couple's boat trip to find turtles has unexpected consequences... an elderly artist becomes obsessed with her young model... Mark Blayney's Somerset Maugham Prize winning book contains the novella Two Kinds of Silence and four other stories. 'A showcase... for Blayney's lyrical short stories' THE GUARDIAN £7 with free postage and packing in UK LIMITED FIRST EDITION MANUSCRIPT PUBLISHING ISBN 095455051X Paperback 192 pages Out of stock. To be reissued soon. |
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