Several Deceptions

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These four novellas are narrated by a brilliantly distinctive voice telling the stories of an Anglo-Italian Professor of Semiotics undone by his own cleverness; an Irish woman who joins a Tibetan nunnery in India; the old university friends whose party is galvanised by a pugnacious newcomer into a demented Buchanesque mission to restore their hostess's lost humour; and an international lawyer who takes to terrorism in pursuit of a theory. Several Deceptions is clever, funny and a little cruel and introduces a writer of quite remarkable gifts.

A very enjoyable display of deadly wit given with a relaxed literary confidence. Here is a gossipy, smart, critical, intellectual, high spirited and literate voice
Hal Jensen, Times Literary Supplement

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Imprint: Vintage
Published: 04/05/2000
ISBN: 9780099273745
Length: 272 pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 17mm x 129mm
Weight: 225g
Price: £8.99

Several Deceptions

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A very enjoyable display of deadly wit given with a relaxed literary confidence. Here is a gossipy, smart, critical, intellectual, high spirited and literate voice

Clever and enjoyable... This is an accomplished first book, and even if Stevenson never writes another word, she is already more than promising

What continuously sustains these stories is an unfashionable concept of serious fiction as etnertainment, an art in which the process is as enjoyable as the effects it is designed to produce... Relish the neat professionalism of a smart new act

Stevenson's careful plotting and attention to detail prove she is a new voice worth listening to

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