John's review of Speaking with the Angel
Speaking with the Angel by Nick Hornby
Without question, this is my favorite collection of contemporary short stories. The cast of writers is drool-worthy:
Roddy Doyle, who makes gold from paper and ink; "Closer" playwright Patrick Marber; Mr. Darcy himself, Colin Firth; Nick Hornby, who edited; Zadie Smith; Helen Fielding; Irvine Welsh; Zadie Smith; Dave Eggers; Melissa Bank, who wrote the terrific "The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing" (which is also a great great great GREAT book); Giles Smith; John O'Farrell; and Robert Harris (who wrote the what-if epic "Fatherland" which envisions a world where the Nazis won the second world war) as the real suprise gem with "PMQ" (a common abbreviation of "Prime Minister's Questions" to you non-Anglophiles), a hilarious, breezy misadventure wherein the Prime Minister tries to explain how through a series of unfortunate events (including amnesia) he wound up taking refuge in the bedroom of a teenage girl.
There's an odd cohesion...more
Roddy Doyle, who makes gold from paper and ink; "Closer" playwright Patrick Marber; Mr. Darcy himself, Colin Firth; Nick Hornby, who edited; Zadie Smith; Helen Fielding; Irvine Welsh; Zadie Smith; Dave Eggers; Melissa Bank, who wrote the terrific "The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing" (which is also a great great great GREAT book); Giles Smith; John O'Farrell; and Robert Harris (who wrote the what-if epic "Fatherland" which envisions a world where the Nazis won the second world war) as the real suprise gem with "PMQ" (a common abbreviation of "Prime Minister's Questions" to you non-Anglophiles), a hilarious, breezy misadventure wherein the Prime Minister tries to explain how through a series of unfortunate events (including amnesia) he wound up taking refuge in the bedroom of a teenage girl.
There's an odd cohesion...more
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