Speaking with the angel : original stories / edited by Nick Hornby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hornby, Nick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, English.

Short stories, American.

First person narrative.

Monologues.

Genre:

Short stories, English.

Short stories, American.

Physical Description:

xviii, 233 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Riverhead trade paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Riverhead Books, 2001.

Summary:

Bestselling author Nick Hornby has brought together a star-studded group of writers to create this one-of-a-kind collection of first-person narratives. Here are Melissa Bank (The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing), Roddy Doyle (Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha), Dave Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius), Helen Fielding (Bridget Jones's Diary), Colin Firth (star of the film Fever Pitch), Robert Harris (Fatherland), Patrick Marber (Closer), John O'Farrell (Things Can Only Get Better), Giles Smith (Lost in Music), Zadie Smith (White Teeth), Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting), and Nick Hornby himself. Speaking with the Angel is the anthology of the year: hot...hilarious...lively...literary...and all original.

Contents:

Introduction / by Nick Hornby

PMQ / by Robert Harris

The wonder spot / by Melissa Bank

Last requests / by Giles Smith

Peter Shelley / by Patrick Marber

The Department of nothing / by Colin Firth

I'm the only one / by Zadie Smith

NippleJesus / by Nick Hornby

After I was thrown in the river and before I drowned / by Dave Eggers

Luckybitch / by Helen Fielding

The slave / by Roddy Doyle

Catholic guilt (you know you love it) / by Irvine Welsh

Walking into the wind / by John O'Farrell.

ISBN:

1573228583

OCLC:

46896533