Heading Inland by Nicola Barker
Nicola Barker conjures up a fantastical world where an unborn baby escapes an unsuitable mother through a belly-button zip, a disgruntled job applicant steals his interviewer's garden pond and a new father feeds his hand to an owl. Her imagination is truly weird and wonderful, but what makes these stories work so well is that they are based on reality - a woman falls in love with her husband because his buttons are done up wrongly, a bitter old woman tries to trick a tramp, a man frees eels from an East End pie shop, a bride throws a tantrum on her wedding day. This collection brings to life a world which simmers just below the surface of the imagination, proving again that Nicola Barker is one of the most original young writers of her generation
Nicola Barker was born in 1966 and lives and works in Hackney
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571190522 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571190529 |
| Title | Heading Inland |
| Author | Nicola Barker |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 1998-04-06 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Prizes | Winner of Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 1996 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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