The stories in this collection explore the complex worlds of lovers, poets, lawyers, immigrants, students, and murderers. They tell of corporate betrayals and lost opportunities, and of the obsessions, hopes, fears, and vagaries of desire.
About the Author
Elliot Perlman is the author of the award-winning novel THREE DOLLARS (Victoria’s favourite book, as voted by Victorians, and which was also a feature film starring David Wenham and Sarah Wynter), THE REASONS I WON’T BE COMING (a collection of award-winning stories), and the novel SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY. He is published in 20 countries, to glowing reviews. All of his books have won awards here and overseas, and all three of his books have been bestsellers in Australia and internationally. He is hailed as the ‘Zola of Australia’ in France. He lives in Melbourne.
Industry Reviews
Perlman writes fiction with muscle. ("People") By turns hilarious and heartbreaking...Stunning...Brilliant. ("Newsday") Invigorating stories...enlivened by Perlman's intelligence, verbal energy, and mischievous wit. ("Entertainment Weekly") Impressive...carefully imagined, entirely believable...[Perlman] manages to pack whole lives into few paragraphs. ("New York Times Book Review") -Invigorating stories...enlived by Perlman's intelligence, verbal engergy, and mischevious wit.- - Entertainment Weekly-By turns hilarious and heartbreaking...Stunning...Brilliant.- - Newsday-Fans of Perlman's grapplings with both the minutiae and the sweeping 'big questions' of modern life won't be disappointed.- - Elle-Perlman writes fiction with muscle.- - People-The nine tales here don't just suggest an emerging voice, they show it well developed, stretching and flexing...Marvelously realized, evocative and utterly original.- - New York Post "Invigorating stories...enlived by Perlman's intelligence, verbal engergy, and mischevious wit." - Entertainment Weekly"By turns hilarious and heartbreaking...Stunning...Brilliant." - Newsday"Fans of Perlman's grapplings with both the minutiae and the sweeping 'big questions' of modern life won't be disappointed." - Elle"Perlman writes fiction with muscle." - People"The nine tales here don't just suggest an emerging voice, they show it well developed, stretching and flexing...Marvelously realized, evocative and utterly original." - New York Post "Invigorating stories...enlived by Perlman''s intelligence, verbal engergy, and mischevious wit." - Entertainment Weekly "By turns hilarious and heartbreaking...Stunning...Brilliant." - Newsday "Fans of Perlman''s grapplings with both the minutiae and the sweeping ''big questions'' of modern life won''t be disappointed." - Elle "Perlman writes fiction with muscle." - People "The nine tales here don''t just suggest an emerging voice, they show it well developed, stretching and flexing...Marvelously realized, evocative and utterly original." - New York Post
