In This Block There Lives a Slag...: And Other Yorkshire Fables: And Other Bradford Fables - Softcover

Broady, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0002259478 ISBN 13: 9780002259477

Verlag: Flamingo, 2001

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Book by Broady Bill

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Praise for Swimmer:

‘A dark, shimmery story, full of damage and wonder’
Elle

‘Echoing the aspirations of its heroine, Broady’s stunning narrative seems to hover in its own distinctive element and, at times, to soar and fly. In prose of poetic precision and poignancy, he touches on the deepest dreams of the human heart.’
Observer

‘A skewed fairy tale, a hymn to water... Broady’s descriptions of swimming are supple, fluid and memorable.’ The Times

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A cracking collection of short stories, from the author of the stupendous Swimmer.

In the title story of this sharp, clever collection of short stories, an odd-job man arrives home to his Bradford council block to find a message waiting for one of its inhabitants... in ten-foot-high letters. With his white van and set of ladders, he’s the chief suspect. But who is the mysterious Slag that has the whole street gossiping; and who has she hurt?

In Wrestling Jacob, a lusty academic takes out his frustrations down on the farm every weekend, sparring with a fierce, strangely human ram. It’s hard work being beaten up by a sheep, but he soon realizes that his girlfriends love to see him wrestle Jacob...

In The Tale of the Golden Bath-Taps, our man has fallen for the statuesque, untouchable barmaid (and part-time stripper) Chris. But the word on the street is that she has a somewhat overprotective brother; and besides, will they have anything in common?

And in Coddock, there’s a bold new chipshop owner in town. But who is he? And what do you get if you cross a cod with a haddock, anyway?

From the backstreets of Bradford to dingy moorland pubs with ten year-old jukeboxes, Bill Broady’s bright new stories give Yorkshire a lick of new paint, with all of the searingly precise prose, wit and energy of his highly acclaimed first novel, Swimmer.

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• Verlag: Flamingo
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0002259478
• ISBN 13: 9780002259477
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256