Julia Bell
Anyone who cares about the contemporary short story will be enthralled by this collection.
Book Description
Tales of the DeCongested, volume 1, contains the best stories from the first two years of this popular short story reading event. (TOTD takes place on the last Friday of each month at Foyles bookshop on London's Charing Cross Road--for more details or to submit a story, see decongested.com). Among the 32 superb tales included in this volume are stories by Ali Smith, Nicholas Royle, Ray Robinson and Frank Goodman.
From the Inside Flap
This fabulous collection has high energy, a huge range of emotion (including some wonderfully funny stories), an immediate and contemporary tang, and a level of technical bravura that had me squealing with delight. Sara Maitland
