All the Rage by Al Kennedy
Shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award Here, as before, lies the battlefield of the heart, where characters who have suffered disaffection, alienation or emotional damage somehow emerge haltingly, awkwardly into the astonishment of intimacy.
One of the most consistently dazzling writers of her generation.. Kennedy's stories are a little like love: no matter how many times they break your heart, you still come back for more. This collection proves, once again, that it is always worth it. -- Katy Guest * Independent on Sunday *
Kennedy is brilliantly, painfully funny about the fault-lines and disaster zones of the typical relationship * The Times *
This book celebrates love like a hungry dog celebrates the corpse of a rabbit... Kennedy is, if you like, the Anti-Cartland... Magnificently bleak. -- Jojo Moyes * Independent *
It is Kennedy’s portrayal of the difficulty, if not seeming impossibility, of connecting with other people that makes these stories so moving… Kennedy’s disjointed, angular style and weird, displaced atmospherics really work -- Lionel Shriver * Financial Times *
A.L. Kennedy's masterful new collection... Stories appear to roam chaotically, like the mind, but of course they are neat, perfect messes. -- Vicky Allan * Herald *
Kennedy is brilliantly, painfully funny about the fault-lines and disaster zones of the typical relationship * The Times *
This book celebrates love like a hungry dog celebrates the corpse of a rabbit... Kennedy is, if you like, the Anti-Cartland... Magnificently bleak. -- Jojo Moyes * Independent *
It is Kennedy’s portrayal of the difficulty, if not seeming impossibility, of connecting with other people that makes these stories so moving… Kennedy’s disjointed, angular style and weird, displaced atmospherics really work -- Lionel Shriver * Financial Times *
A.L. Kennedy's masterful new collection... Stories appear to roam chaotically, like the mind, but of course they are neat, perfect messes. -- Vicky Allan * Herald *
A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards – including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in Essex.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224098434 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224098438 |
| Title | All the Rage |
| Author | Al Kennedy |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2014-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Frank OConnor International Short Story Award 2014 (UK), Short-listed for The Saltire Scottish Literary Book of the Year Award 2014 (UK), Long-listed for The Folio Prize 2015 (UK) |
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