FROM THE AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE (1996) AND THE WHITBREAD PRIZE (2003)
‘The Mackay vision . . . as rich in history and wonder as a plain Victorian terrace house’ GUARDIAN
‘A national treasure . . . She has achieved that rarest of things for a writer’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘A highly original talent’ TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
In stories as intriguing as their titles – Pink Cigarettes, Electric Blue Damsels, Other People’s Bathrobes – Shena Mackay demonstrates her uncanny ability to expose the menace of everyday life with humour and haunting accuracy. Harnessing Mackay’s darkly comic vision, an astonishing originality and vibrant prose, these remarkable short works provide ‘novel-worthy dimensions in a few pages’ (New York Times Book Review).
‘The Mackay vision . . . as rich in history and wonder as a plain Victorian terrace house’ GUARDIAN
‘A national treasure . . . She has achieved that rarest of things for a writer’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘A highly original talent’ TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
In stories as intriguing as their titles – Pink Cigarettes, Electric Blue Damsels, Other People’s Bathrobes – Shena Mackay demonstrates her uncanny ability to expose the menace of everyday life with humour and haunting accuracy. Harnessing Mackay’s darkly comic vision, an astonishing originality and vibrant prose, these remarkable short works provide ‘novel-worthy dimensions in a few pages’ (New York Times Book Review).
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Reviews
Novel-worthy dimensions in a few pages
Shena Mackay is a national treasure . . . She has achieved that rarest of things for a writer
The Mackay vision . . . as rich in history and wonder as a plain Victorian terrace house
A highly original talent
American readers new to Mackay's stories have something really special waiting for them
