Madame Zero

<p><strong>From one of the most accomplished British writers working today the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of <em>The Wolf Border</em> comes a unique and arresting collection of short fiction that is both disturbing and dazzling.</strong></p><p>Sarah Hall has been hailed as one of the most significant and exciting of Britain's young novelists (<em>The Guardian</em>) a writer whose intelligence and ambition are thrilling to behold (<em>BookForum</em>). Her work has been acclaimed as amazing . . . terrific and original (<em>Washington Post</em>). In this collection of nine works of short fiction she uses her piercing insight to plumb the depth of the female experience and the human soul.</p><p>A husband's wife transforms into a vulpine in Mrs. Fox winner of the BBC Short Story Prize. In Case Study 2 A social worker struggles with a foster child raised in a commune. A new mother runs into an old lover in Luxury Hour. In incandescent prose full of rich observations and striking clarity Hall has composed nine wholly original pieces--works of fiction that will resonate long after the final page is turned.</p>