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With Love And Squalor [Kindle Edition]

Nigel Bird
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When ‘An Arm And A Leg’ was published by Crimespree Magazine in January 2010, we were to witness Nigel Bird’s debut as a crime-writer. Soon afterwards, the story was chosen by Maxim Jakubowski for the Mammoth Best British Crime Stories 8.

Since then, Bird has been the winner of the Watery Grave Invitational competition, won the Things I’d Rather Be Doing fairytale crime competition and been nominated for the Best Story Online in the Spinetingler awards for 2011.

‘With Love And Squalor’ is his 3rd collection of stories. In it, we see the range of his talents, a spread of individual pieces which combine to provide readers with a powerful and emotional experience that they aren’t likely to forget in a hurry.

Among praise for Nigel Bird’s work includes:

‘Nigel Bird is one of our most skilful and insightful short story writers’ Heath Lowrance

‘The real deal.” Les Edgerton

‘A rare talent.’ Allan Guthrie

‘Really good.’ Ian Rankin

‘What an excellent storyteller Bird is.’ McDroll

‘I’ve enjoyed Bird’s short fiction for years.’ Thomas Pluck

‘Yeah, Smoke by Nigel Bird, is everything a good story should be.’ Sabrina Ogden

‘Ever since I first read Dirty Old Town by Nigel I have been a fan of his short
stories.’ Darren Sant

‘A definition of noir itself’ Lifelongdagger

‘Complex characters, a well-constructed story and very fine writing.’ Chris Rhatigan

‘Your eyes and your heart are filled with one single shining jewel called, Hope.’ AJ Hayes

‘Exciting up-and-coming talent.’ Maxim Jakubowski

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 173 KB
  • Print Length: 70 pages
  • Publisher: Sea Minor (19 Nov 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B006AV1W96
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #80,717 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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In a strange sort of way (considering it's not the stuff I usually read) I enjoyed this collection of shorts. I thought they were interesting and well-written. Flashes of dark humour. I have to say I struggled a bit with the first one "An Arm and a Leg". I could actually have done with a bit more exposition - not something I normally complain about! I found it a bit of a struggle to read somehow. Loved the others (considering these are not the sort of thing I normally read!).
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With Love and Squalor is a great introduction to the dark fictional world of Nigel Bird. The author's fiction has featured in such places as The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime Volume 8, A Twist of Noir and Pulp Metal Magazine. This collection features stories from a range of these publications and serves to give the reader a good idea of what he's about. This also includes a sample from Nigel's novella, Smoke. Bird's style is indefinable. He is drawn to the quirk and different aspects of life. He takes a sidelong view at things and then puts pen to paper.

Some tales like Fisher Of Men will leave you with more questions than answers. A Whole Lotta Rosie, I suspect inspired by the AC/DC song, had heart like much of Bird's fiction and a sad almost melancholic edge to it.

No Pain, No Gain took the interesting concept of siblings that can't feel pain and ran with it. Yet again we have the darker aspects but interwoven that sense of emotional depth that makes you care for the characters even in short fiction. This makes for compelling reading. He has that rare talent of great characterisation in a limited word count. This gives his stories more punch and an extra dimension.

If this is this first title of Nigel's that you read I have no doubt that you will explore more of his work.
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Nigel Bird had a very busy 2011. With Love and Squalor was his third short fiction collection to be published last year and he had various side projects on the go as well, not least co-editing the Pulp Ink anthology with Chris Rhatigan. Still have some of Pulp Ink to read but so far everything in there has been great & is another feather in Mr Birds cap.

Favourites here include Fisher of Men, A Whole Lotta Rosie & Sutures as they display the writers versatility & quirkiness - unusual characters in unusual situations - but he does straight crime just as well. This is quite a short collection, seven stories in all, but new readers get the added bonus of Hoodwinked(one of my faves) and Sea Minor from previous collections and a preview of excellent novella Smoke (which has a connection to An Arm and a Leg in With Love and Squalor).

You really must get this if you are looking for a collection that's a bit different and great value for money.
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