{"product_id":"9780008618926","title":"Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Williams, Eley \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 18 July 2024 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 208 pages\u003cbr\u003e143 x 224 x 26 | 318g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Granta Best Young British Novelist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'A thrilling love for the stuff of language … Magical' JON McGREGOR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Poignant and playful’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A writer with few real rivals’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'A visionary writer' JAN CARSON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The stunning new collection of stories from the award-winning author of The Liar’s Dictionary and Attrib. and Other Stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Granta Best Young British novelist and acclaimed author of Attrib. and other stories, Eley Williams returns with a thrilling collection of short stories exploring the nature of relationships both intimate and transient – from the easy gamesmanship of contagious yawns to the horror of a smile fixed for just a second too long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A courtroom sketch artist delights in committing portraits of their lover to paper but their need to capture likenesses forever is revealed to have darker, more complex intentions. A child’s schoolyard crush on a saint marks a confrontation with the reality of a teenage body in flux. Elsewhere, an editor of canned laughter loses their confidence and seeks divine intervention, and an essayist annotates their thoughts on Keats by way of internet-gleaned sex tips.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good hums with fossicking language and ingenious experiments in form and considers notions of playfulness, authenticity and care as it holds relationships to account: their sweet misunderstandings, soured reflections, queer wish fulfilments and shared, held breaths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Undeniably a skilful book’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Stories that work from the inside out… glancing,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eintriguing’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Erudite and audacious' KIERAN GODDARD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Frequently brilliant and deeply pleasurable’ CAOILINN HUGHES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘I don’t know anyone else who can write like this … What a joy!' BEN PESTER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A joy for the head and the heart' RUBY COWLING\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46537094791408,"sku":"9780008618926","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780008618926.jpg?v=1725124454","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9780008618926","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}