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The Country House
José Donoso
‘It was the season when unwholesome rumours were bred spontaneously, as life breeds in stagnant waters gone foul.’
A Short History of Coronation Ale
Graham Swift
‘Rest assured, it was no ordinary ale that they drank by the Ouse while in Westminster crowds thronged.’
Greasy Lake
T. Coraghessan Boyle
‘I contemplated the car. It lay there like a wreck along the highway, like a steel sculpture left over from a vanished civilization.’
Pefkos
David Harsent
‘When he began to walk again, he was picturing himself sitting beside her in their usual bar, drinking a cold beer and smoking a cigarette.’
Evensong
Todd McEwen
‘Characteristically my wife refused to be drawn into the situation while I became obsessed with it.’
Rayme – A Memoir of the Seventies
Jayne Anne Phillips
‘This story could be about any one of those people, but it is about Rayme and comes to no conclusions.’
Rock Springs
Richard Ford
‘But as I read on a napkin once, between the idea and the act a whole kingdom lies. And I had a hard time with my acts, which were oftentimes offender's acts.’
Why I Love Country Music
Elizabeth Tallent
‘The harmonica player is left standing alone in the light, talking to himself. He cleans the spit from his instrument with a white handkerchief so old it is nearly transparent.’
Monster Deal
Frederick Barthelme
‘I'm about ready to go see what’s happening when they come in, each of them carrying a flamingo from the front yard.’
Still Life With Watermelon
Bobbie Ann Mason
‘When she saw a photograph of a cornucopia in a magazine, she imagined a huge watermelon stuck in its mouth.’
