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At times I found myself going through the stories yearning to reach the end and to know how they would end. Some of these stories seemed like things that could happen in real life, and others were fantasy that would be interesting if they did happen. It's a mash of different kinds of short stories so you won't get bored, some of them being so interesting I wished they were longer.
Kate Garrett rated it really liked it Aug 27, Miles marked it as to-read Jun 26, Teal marked it as to-read Oct 06, Susan Robbins marked it as to-read Dec 19, There are no discussion topics on this book yet. I have been a biology teacher and a journalist; and I have worked in marketing, design management and corporate relations. Through it all, I have maintained a love of writing.
It began with poetry and I was lucky enough to be brought up in Northern Ireland in the s and 80s when there was a lot of poetry about. During this time I published in magazines and newspapers, performed readings and bro I have been a biology teacher and a journalist; and I have worked in marketing, design management and corporate relations.
During this time I published in magazines and newspapers, performed readings and broadcast. William Peskett was educated in Belfast and at Cambridge University, where he read natural sciences. He has worked in teaching, journalism, marketing, design management and corporate relations.
He now lives and writes in Pattaya, Thailand. These were followed by three novels, two collections of short stories, verse, and a volume of essays about ex-pat life in his adopted country.
You can find more, contact the author and follow his blog on his official website at www. Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support? In his third collection of short stories, Thailand-based author William Peskett introduces us to a murderer who sees himself carved in stone, a writer whose dead wife returns to him through time, a robot community waiting for their saviour, a man who falls in love with part of his own body, a woman dying slowly of dementia and a troupe of wise-cracking monkeys.
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Humour and melancholy, comfort and suspense, this collection possesses all of these qualities, sometimes within the same story. Most are set in Thailand and provide insights into the lives of the varied populations of that exotic land; others could have happened anywhere. But what marks them out is the diversity of the storylines, the quality of the writing, and engagement with interesting characters who have something to say.
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