Deryck Whittaker

Colours We Choose (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Colours figure highly in this second book of short stories by Deryck Whittaker. Whether they be the auspicious or otherwise hues of a north-oriented front door; the red of the ubiquitous laterite of the African bush; the grey amber essential to perfume manufacture; the dark green of a coveted Finnish glass piece; the magenta of the colour shift in old photos; the blue eponym of an extreme right wing movement or the orange of a swimming costume bought in M&S by a woman of a certain age.As in Whittaker's earlier book, we find ourselves in anarray of locations worldwide, and introduced to a near-debauched communityon asuburban housing estate; Oscar Wilde; Dante; Gabriel Rossetti; Sherlock Holmesand his sidekick; a thinly disguised GeneralPinochet and Idi Amin; asuperannuated Superman and a cast of characters from the Guinness Book ofRecords.It's a voyage in which we encounter the quick and the dead,the obese, the doomed, the obsessive, the haunted, the guilty, the guilt-riddenand the thankful. It will interest readers who enjoy short tales and quick wit.Criticalpraise for Cheese and Other Stories:"e;Whittaker is a master of stylish language, agile in both dialogue anddescriptive settings. The stories are dazzlingly constructed andmarbled withmemorable passages..."e;The Nation(Bangkok)

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Troubador Publishing Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781789011494
• Artikelnr.: 53363571