The Body in the Mobile Library: and other stories
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In his retirement at the Vatican, 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-fueled 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. Peter Bradshaw's absurdist yet plausible stories - some previously narrated on BBC Radio 4 or published in Esquire, others completely new - offer pinpricks of light in a dark sky of confusion and pain.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1785633902
ISBN13:9781785633904
Release Date:April 2024
Publisher:Lightning Books
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"
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