The Body in the Mobile Library : and other stories Paperback / softback
by Peter Bradshaw
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'Staggering and unforgettable storytelling' Mel GiedroycIn his retirement at the Vatican City, emeritus pope Benedict XVI is hard at work on his magnum opus: a high-school comedy screenplay. At a grimy pub in North London, a doctoral researcher is abducted by gangsters peddling William Wordsworth's handwritten account of drug-fuelled sex orgies. In the West African state of Benin, a politician's daughter inherits a large cash sum which she can only launder with the help of a random Englishman sourced on the internet. With twenty-one deliciously observed, gloriously mischievous short stories - some previously narrated on BBC Radio 4 or published in literary magazines, others completely new - Peter Bradshaw explores the boundary between the plausible and the absurd, often with a laugh-out-loud gag up his sleeve. Amid the playfulness, he has an enduring warmth and sympathy for every character, however hapless.
He offers pinpricks of light in a dark sky of confusion and pain.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Eye Books
- Publication Date:11/04/2024
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- ISBN:9781785633904
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Eye Books
- Publication Date:11/04/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781785633904