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A Bunch of Fives

A Bunch of Fives

by HelenSimpson (Author)

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    Paperback 2012

    $3.25
Synopsis

Since the publication of Four Bare Legs in a Bed, her first collection, Helen Simpson has been hailed as one of the best short story writers at work today. These are wickedly funny, heartfelt, and sensuous stories that deal with the full stretch, from birth to death and everything in between.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 448
 Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 03 May 2012
ISBN 10: 0099561573
ISBN 13: 9780099561576
Book Overview: 'Lorrie Moore with a BBC accent' Jay McInerney

Media Reviews
This is an outstanding collection of stories-the product of a new, original voice -- Hilary Mantel reviewing 'Four Bare Legs in a Bed'
Of all contemporary writers, Simpson has the most honest, the most authentic voice... [Her] unfooled but kind eye is matched by her ear for the ebb and flow of everyday talk. But she does more than just record: every word rings true. Dear George shimmers with grace and savagery and wit -- Nigella Lawson
A stunner of a collection -- Jonathan Franzen reviewing 'Hey Yeah Right Get a Life' * New York Times Book Review *
A masterful contemporary exponent of the genre. Simpson now deserves to be compared with Flannery O'Connor and Alice Munro -- Robert McCrum reviewing 'Constitutional' * Observer *
Short stories are notoriously difficult to sell, but even people who don't care for the form make an exception for the work of Helen Simpson...Wickedly funny and painfully true...Dangerously close to perfection -- Kate Saunders reviewing 'In-Flight Entertainment' * The Times *
Author Bio
Helen Simpson's sixth short-story collection, Cockfosters, follows Four Bare Legs in a Bed (1990), Dear George (1995), Hey Yeah Right Get a Life (2000), Constitutional (2005) and In-Flight Entertainment (2010). A Bunch of Fives: Selected Stories (2012) includes five stories from each of her first five collections. She has received the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M.Forster Award. She lives in London.