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Lucky Pierre and the Coldwater Flat
Robert Coover
‘Projections run riot, mirrors tip and weave, there’s a blur of images like film jumping out of its sprockets.’
Extracts From The Journal Of Flying Officer J
William Boyd
‘The squadron left today for the city. The mess cold and sad, Verschoyle, with uncharacteristic generosity, said I could keep the monoplane.’
The Love Machine
Julia Elliott
‘Beatrice was my first love. The dark contours of her delicate skeleton, the glowing flesh made translucent by my X-ray gaze, drove me crazy.’
The Gentlest Village
Jesse Ball
‘You are learning – learning a great deal. It is too much for you, so your body bows out. Then you wake up and you can continue.’
On Monday Last Week
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
‘Kamara had always resented the glamour of half-castes.’
Kashmir
James Buchan
‘I see in an instant what has brought people to the valley for four centuries.’
Othello Sucks
Upamanyu Chatterjee
Younger Daughter’s declaration that ‘Othello sucks’ prompts a conflicted response from Father.
