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Loaded with potent charges, insidious and cumulative in their effects. In Gaffney’s fiction thoughts take physical form, and the material world has a surreal vitality … The stories are sometimes haunting, and sometimes comic. The Half-life is an appropriate metaphor for the lingering effect they have on the reader. (Nicholas Clee TLS )
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Loaded with potent charges, insidious and cumulative in their effects. In Gaffney's fiction thoughts take physical form, and the material world has a surreal vitality ! The stories are sometimes haunting, and sometimes comic. The Half-life is an appropriate metaphor for the lingering effect they have on the reader. -- Nicholas Clee TLS
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I've been a fan of David Gaffney ever since I bought a copy of "Sawn-Off Tales" after hearing him read from it, and this book is probably his best yet. Gaffney's genius is in spotting the bizarre amid the mundane and identifying the peculiar unspoken rules that we transgress at our peril, such as the crucial importance of being on the right side of the Emmylou Harris debate. Reading one of his stories is like looking at a Martin Parr photograph. All human life is here. Essential reading.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I love david gaffneys stories. I first came across him with sawn off tales. I wasn't mad on his novel, never never, but really short stories are where he excels. They are very funny and also very deep and you can reread them and get more out of them each time. If you like people like Dan Rhodes or even raymond carver you'll love these
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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David Gaffney is a wonderful story teller. In just a few words he can conjure a world, populate it with individual characters, and run out a full plot to entertain you.
I first came across him with Sawn Off Tales and then Aromabingo, both of which were wonderful. This third volume continues the promise of those earlier outings with tale after tale to carry you away.
If you like books, stories, reading, or even just words, you need this book.
I first came across him with Sawn Off Tales and then Aromabingo, both of which were wonderful. This third volume continues the promise of those earlier outings with tale after tale to carry you away.
If you like books, stories, reading, or even just words, you need this book.
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distilled dreams
Taking their lead from the title, the stories in David Gaffney's The Half Life Of songs are all are based on the idea of `half,' with sections labelled half there, half gone and... Read more
Published 17 months ago by sean miller
Its radioactive
David Gaffney's book the half life of songs takes its title from the nuclear industry - half life is the time it takes nuclear material to decay. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Eric M
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