The story Gold Chain is about a middle class family which prides itself for its ability to judge and justify every action of any individual with confidence and command.
This collection of short stories originally formed the core of the Author's doctoral thesis, and were written by him over a two year period whilst based in a small Bulgarian village.
Second generation Elvis impersonator, Elliot, is content with his small-town circuit and regular gigs at the Holiday Inn, until he attracts a fan who has never heard of the King.
This collection of fourteen connected stories and a novella, From the Secret History of Numan Abdel Hafez, takes us deep into Upper Egypt and the village of Dayrut al-Sharif, in which Mohamed Mustagab was born.
From the author of Between Everything and Nothing, "e;an inspired collection of twenty stories, brilliant in its command of tone and narrative perspective"e; (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
In "e;Tales of Soldiers and Civilians"e; (1892) American journalist and short story writer Ambrose Bierce describes unusual incidents and scenes in the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War.
The story Gold Chain is about a middle class family which prides itself for its ability to judge and justify every action of any individual with confidence and command.
The stories in this acclaimed debut all take place in the state of Maine-which quickly comes to stand for the state we're all in when we face the moments that change our lives forever.
The best of the shorter adventures of Inspector Ghote, 'one of the great creations of detective fiction' (Alexander McCall Smith), are brought together in this page-turning collection of short stories - with a brand-new introduction by bestselling author Vaseem Khan.
This third collection of naughty stories is a rather mixed bag: There is a rather delicious revenge story, a vampire one with an historical setting and three short shorts that are sensual and erotic more than explicit but feature my heroine Annie who finally ended up (with a different hero) in my novel Power Exchange.