The Pier Falls

<p><strong>The first collection of stories from the author of <em>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</em> and <em>The Porpoise.</em></strong><br /><br />A seaside pier collapses. <br />An expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong. <br />A thirty-stone man is confined to his living room. <br />One woman is abandoned on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean. <br />Another woman is saved from drowning. <br />Two boys discover a gun in a shoebox. <br />A group of explorers find a cave of unimaginable size deep in the Amazon jungle. <br />A man shoots a stranger in the chest on Christmas Eve.</p>