The World and Other Places

By: Jeanette Winterson

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Paperback | 4 March 1999 | Edition Number 1

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240 Pages

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It's 1979 and in Birkenhead smack and Maggie Thatcher are still less of an issue than Lois jeans and Adidas Forest Hills training shoes. For Paul Carty, 19, and his mystical, Joy Division-loving mate Elvis, life revolves around The Pack, a mob of violent Tranmere Rovers supporters. Carty and Elvis travel the Northern wastelands, always by train, causing mayhem in the 'woollyback' strongholds of Halifax, Crewe and Chesterfield. For most of the mob, The Pack is their reason for living. But Elvis, who loves Ezra Pound, and Carty, still getting over the death of his mother, are starting to get bored of it all. The question is- will The Pack let them go? And can they get by without each other?

Industry Reviews

"A greatly gifted and original writer...there is an exhilarating freshness and energy to this collection" * Observer * "This first book of short stories will delight her fans with their daring. Whether in a world where sleep is illegal or on an island of diamonds where the rich wear coal jewellery, Winterson is the mistress of the short story" -- Jessica de Rothschild * Tatler * "The quality of her writing has remained constant: precise, fluent, perfectly judged. This collection is another refinement of that art, studded with metaphors and unexpected asides" * Independent on Sunday * "The short story form was made for Jeanette Winterson...mesmerising prose poems" * The Times * "Her stories transport us into the dizzyingly fertile mind of one of Britain's most prodigiously gifted authors...breathtaking" * Scotland on Sunday *

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