Shot by Sarah Quigley
All she wants is a doughnut. Plain and simple. And no one makes them better here in San Francisco. But when Lena makes for the door, she gets caught in crossfire from a drive-by shooting. Lena's a stand-up comedienne at The Polish Sausage, a San Francisco club, and what she doesn't know about comedy isn't worth knowing. Now, though, this woman who's made her living from exposing the inner- comedy of life decides that life just isn't that funny anymore. So trading her punchlines for snapshots, she makes for Alaska with her camera, where with a mysterious tracker and a speechless child, she ends up digging a corpse from a snowbank. In SHOT, the gritty urban cool of San Francisco is as real as the frozen Alaskan landscape. With a cast of eccentric characters straight out of a Coen Brothers film, this pitch-perfect novel of loss, discovery, homesickness and ambition marks the arrival of a great new talent for Virago.
'An excellent collection of short stories' Lava
Sarah Quigley is a prize-winning writer and the author of AFTER ROBERT (Penguin NZ). Originally from New Zealand, she now lives in Berlin. Her numerous awards include the prestigious Sargeson Residency; CNZ/DAAD Berlin Literary Fellow (2000-1); Fellow at the British Council Cambridge Literature Seminar; Commonwealth Broadcasting Short Story Award.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781860499630 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860499635 |
| Title | Shot |
| Author | Sarah Quigley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2003-01-16 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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