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<p>The paperback of the critically acclaimed story collection from David Means.</p> <p>‘One of the best American collections of the last ten years…This is food for the hungry.’ Jonathan Franzen</p> <p>‘His writing blazes with originality and self-assuredness…A striking new voice in American fiction.’ Dominic Bradbury The Times</p> <p>‘Worlds collide and spring apart…this sort of thing happens all the time in life yet I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone bother to express it so devastatingly in literature.’ Julie Myerson Guardian</p> <p>‘There are stories in this collection that expose the pain of growing up or the lies within marriage as well as anything written by anyone anywhere…The finest collection of stories to appear in years.’ John Burnside Scotsman</p> <p>‘Means presents the perfect detail at the perfect time. He has a tender but revealing grasp of human frailty and – that rare thing – a gift for finding and conveying dignity to his characters.’ A.L. Kennedy</p> <p>‘An unsettling fiercly felt debut collection. His prose can sometimes give you lives in single sentences. In its rigour and controlled sense of experiment it is reminiscent of some of the best of the more singular American short story writers of the last few decades.’ Tim Adams Observer</p> <p>‘We care for the characters as if we have known and loved and detested them forever…An exceptional book.’ Michel Faber Scotland on Sunday</p>