The Pier Falls

Description

Product ID:	9781784701963
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	The Pier Falls
Authors:	Author: Mark Haddon
Page Count:	368
Subjects:	Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories, Short stories
Description:	Select Guide Rating The first collection of stories from the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and The Porpoise. 'Terrifically compelling' GuardianA seaside pier collapses. The first collection of stories from the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and The Porpoise. ''Terrifically compelling'' Guardian A seaside pier collapses. An expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong. 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. ''The real redemption in these superbly gripping stories comes from their canny human detail, and the vivid, unsettling clarity they bring to our lives’ Sunday Times
Imprint Name:	Vintage
Publisher Name:	Vintage Publishing
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2017-03-02

Weight	258 g
Dimensions	131 × 198 × 24 mm