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Book

Normal rules don't apply : stories

Call Number

  • FICTION ATKI (CEN, EAS, OSH, WSQ)

Edition

First United States edition.

Publication Information

New York : Doubleday, 2023.

Physical Description

206 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

"A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, with everything that readers love about her novels--the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop. In this brilliant volume, nothing is quite as it seems. We meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; a lost man who bets on a horse that may--or may not--have spoken to him. Witty and wise, with subtle connections between the stories, Normal Rules Don't Apply is a startling and funny feast for the imagination, stories with the depth and bite to create their own fully-formed worlds"--

Notes

Originally published in Great Britain by Doubleday in 2023.

Contents

  • The void
  • Dogs in jeopardy
  • Blithe spirit
  • Spellbound
  • The indiscreet charm of the bourgeoisie
  • Shine, Pamela! Shine!
  • Existential marginalization
  • Classic Quest 17: Crime and punishment
  • Puppies and rainbows
  • Gene-sis
  • What if?
  • Credits.

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