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Imprint: Penguin
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Published: 07/06/2018
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ISBN: 9780241979761
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Length: 272 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 17mm x 129mm
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Weight: 191g
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RRP: £8.99
A philandering art dealer tries to give up casual love affairs - seeking only passionate kisses as a substitute. A man recounts his personal history through the things he has stolen from others throughout his life. A couple chart the journey of their five year relationship backwards, from awkward reunion to lovelorn first encounter. And, at the heart of the book, a 24-year old young woman, Bethany Mellmoth, embarks on a year-long journey of wishful and tentative self-discovery.
The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth depicts the random encounters that bring the past bubbling to the surface; the impulsive decisions that irrevocably shape a life; and the endless hesitations and loss-of-nerve that wickedly complicate it. These funny, surprising and moving stories are a resounding confirmation of Boyd's powers as one of our most original and compelling storytellers.
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Imprint: Penguin
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Published: 07/06/2018
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ISBN: 9780241979761
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Length: 272 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 17mm x 129mm
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Weight: 191g
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RRP: £8.99
Reviews
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Boyd shows why he's so often compared to Graham Greene.... brilliant and bewitching collection of stories
Financial Times
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Like stealing badges, like shucking oysters, once you have one of these stories you can't stop. Lights out was after midnight
Times
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Clever and, yes, cinematic
Observer
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The stories, as is often the case with Boyd, are packed with characters whose lives are upended by random upheavals
Sunday Times
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Unfailingly amusing and clever
Guardian
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In a 2008 essay, Boyd explained that writing short stories gives him a welcome chance "to change habits, to experiment, to take risks, to try out different voices". And in the best stories here, it's a chance he takes full advantage of, serving up an impressive variety of settings and protagonists
Daily Telegraph
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Highly entertaining
Mail on Sunday
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Boyd is dependably a master of what's most true: an always elegant realist whose characters will get under your skin
GQ
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No one charts the highs and lows of the human condition like Boyd
Red
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A riveting short story collection from one of the best
Woman & Home
