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<p>Scintillating surprising inventive fiction from one of the most talented writers in Britain &#8211; this is a superb collection of short stories from the acclaimed author of the Chaos Walking series and &#8216;More Than This&#8217;.</p> <p>Have you heard the urban myth about Jesus's double-jointed elbows yet? 100% true. Or seen the latest reports on the 'groomgrabbing' trend &#8211; the benevolent kidnapping of badly-dressed children by their well-meaning (and more dapper) elders? Heard the one about the Amazon from the Isle of Man? Or perhaps you'd like a job in telesales offering self-defence classes over the phone? Don't worry as long as you meet the weekly quota you won't be sent to the end of the hall&#8230;</p> <p>Wonderfully original fresh and funny &#8216;Topics About Which I Know Nothing&#8217; is stuffed to the gills with dizzyingly inventive writing and warming puzzling emotions &#8211; a fictional guide to how the world might have turned out.</p>