The Book of Leeds: A City in Short Fiction (Reading the City): 172 - Softcover

M. Y. Alam; Tony Harrison; David Peace; Jeremy Dyson; Martyn Bedford; Andrea Semple; Ian Duhig; Susan Everett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190558301X ISBN 13: 9781905583010

Publisher: Comma Press, 2006

Synopsis

The thoughtful stories featured in this collection capture the soul of the city of Leeds by tracing the unique contours of 50 years of social and economic change. In one story the Millgarth Police Station reverberates with the early adrenaline rush of a case they won't close for years. Another tells of a teenage boy who trails the city center bars of the 1980s in thrall to his hero, a Leeds United football hooligan. Despite being products of their time, these stories remain distinct from the larger events and wider currents that have shaped the cultural landscape of today's Leeds, a modern city with both problems and promise. Featured authors include Tony Harrison, Jeremy Dyson, Shamshad Khan, Ian Duhig, David Peace, Susan Everett, M. Y. Alam, Andrea Semple, Martyn Bedford, and Tom Palmer.

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Millgarth Police Station reverberates with the early adrenalin-rush of a case they won't close for years. A teenage boy trails the city centre bars of the eighties in thrall to his hero - a Leeds United football hooligan. A single woman finds her frustrations with men confirmed speed-dating in a city re-invented as a party capital. Bringing together fiction from some of the city's most celebrated writers, The Book of Leeds traces the unique contours that fifty years of social and economic change can impress on a city. These are stories that take place at oblique angles to the larger events in the city's history, or against wider currents that have shaped the social and cultural landscape of today's Leeds: a modern city with both problems and promise.

Review:

'Short story writing of the highest standard.' --The Metro

'Leeds is fast becoming the UK's most influential centre for short story writing, and much of this is due to the passionate championing of the genre by Comma Press.' --The Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Comma Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 190558301X
• ISBN 13: 9781905583010
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 138
• Editor: Maria Crossan, Tom Palmer