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Stay Up Late
Jim Lewis
‘She wanted to enjoy herself, she wanted to try, but she didn't know where to begin.’
Down in Front
Colson Whitehead
‘This is the part where we find our seats. Step on toes, suck in gut, make yourself flat as a movie screen.’
Midsummer in April
Maarten ’t Hart
‘A premonition of approaching calamity deepened in the course of March to an unease that drove me almost crazy.’
The First Punch
Jon McGregor
‘I’m on the ground, and he is standing over me. Everything is muffled. I’m aware of the sound of running water somewhere.’
Five Cats and Three Women
J. Robert Lennon
‘While he didn't mind (not much anyway) being responsible for the death of one cat, his cat, he did not feel good shouldering the death of four cats.’
Termite’s Birthday, 1959
Jayne Anne Phillips
‘It's like by the time he was born there was too much to know.’
The Tutor
Nell Freudenberger
‘He hated the idea of learning words from a list; it was like taking vitamin supplements in place of eating.’
Helen and Julia
Sarah Waters
‘She felt exhausted, emptied out; she thought of the day that had passed—it was astonishing to her, that a single set of hours could contain so many separate states of violent feeling.’
Dinner with Dr Azad
Monica Ali
‘Six months now since she'd been sent away to London. Every morning before she opened her eyes she thought, if I were the wishing type, I know what I would wish.’
