| Description |
iv, 199 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
The corset & the jellyfish -- The cabinet -- Looking back -- Pangur ban -- Hiraeth -- Heaven scent -- Rebutted -- Cafe dada -- Devils -- Switch -- The fallen -- Uncle Albert -- Lampposts -- The celeste -- Night sky -- The bookworm -- The chair -- Sandman -- Existential rodent -- Shadows -- The beach walkers -- Indochine -- Pierot -- The carpet -- An obscure mission -- The tire store -- Still life -- The oracle's mask -- Clarissa -- The fortune-tellers -- Undaunted -- Spare wheel -- Packard -- Removing chance -- Doma -- A cruel contest -- The charlatan -- Leda & the swan -- Self justice -- Her smell -- The awkward miracle -- Mannequin -- A fickle crush -- Lighthouse -- Snakes & ladders -- Tommy -- Crocodile mouth -- Permission -- A dilemma -- Surrealist chess -- The really big idea -- Baccus -- A courtesan's contract -- Escape -- Shiva's fire -- Enough -- The deeds -- The glass plate -- Venus -- Germ warfare -- Three quarters -- An innocent -- Debate -- The twins -- The auction -- Class war -- Blue Alice -- Sister of mercy -- The taxidermist -- Candlewax -- Equilibrium -- The lynching -- Brushstrokes -- Disorientation -- The Moor's house -- Double-crossed -- Leaving -- The clerk -- The mistral -- Rabbit -- Silver & sand -- The lily -- Kraken -- The river styx -- The rag doll -- A fool's kiss -- Atlas -- Weary -- Oaks -- Tea party -- Jump-starting -- Vanquished -- Toast -- The forest -- The towl -- Halloween -- Unfinished business -- Acting out -- Starglyphs -- The clown. |
| Summary |
"Little is known of the fascinating manuscript that Nick Bantock has come to possess. It was discovered in an attic in North London, stuffed into a battered cardboard box, and unceremoniously delivered directly to Nick's doorstep. Inside the package lay one hundred evocatively absurd stories, one hundred humorous drawings of strangely familiar, quirkish glyphs, plus a cryptically poetic note signed only as "HH." (Possibly the well-known, eccentric billionaire, Hamilton Hasp?) In these stories--each consisting of precisely 100 words-strange creatures slip through alleyways, and eerie streets swallow people whole. Taken altogether, they may constitute a puzzle that no one has been able to solve thus far. Could there even be one missing story? For those perceptive readers with a curious mind, the celebrated author of Griffin & Sabine cordially invites you to find your own path through his beguiling conundrum of drabbles--or even to contribute one of your very own."-- from goodreads.com description. |
| Subject |
Eccentrics and eccentricities.
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Short stories, English.
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| Genre |
Humorous fiction.
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Short stories.
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Flash fiction.
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| Added Title |
Corset and the jellyfish |
| ISBN |
9781616964078 (hardcover) |
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1616964073 (hardcover) |
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