Screen LibraryThe pier falls : and other stories /
"Mark Haddon, author of the international bestselling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and A Spot of Bother, returns with a collection of unsparing short stories In the prize-winning story "The Gun," a man's life is marked by a single afternoon and a rusty....
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Jonathan Cape,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Mark Haddon, author of the international bestselling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and A Spot of Bother, returns with a collection of unsparing short stories In the prize-winning story "The Gun," a man's life is marked by a single afternoon and a rusty.45; in "The Island," a mythical princess is abandoned on an island in the midst of war; in "The Boys Who Left Home to Learn Fear," a cadre of sheltered artistocrats sets out to find adventure in a foreign land and finds the gravest dangers among themselves. These are but some of the men and women who fill this searin |
| Carrier Form: | 346 pages ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781910702161 1910702161 9781910702185 1910702188 9781910702178 191070217X |
| Index Number: | PR6058 |
| CLC: | I561.45 |
| Call Number: | I561.45/H127-4 |
| Contents: |
The Pier Falls -- The island -- Bunny -- Wodwo -- The gun -- The woodpecker and the wolf -- Breathe -- The boys who left home to learn fear -- The weir. |