Caravan Thieves - Hardcover

Woodward, Gerard

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ISBN 10: 0701177608 ISBN 13: 9780701177607

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 2008

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Review:

'nice observation.... Woodward's humour often glimmers quietly' -- The Sunday Times

`At his best, Gerard Woodward is one of our finest writers... he writes with subtlety and skill'.
-- Daily Telegraph

`Gerard Woodward falls squarely between the comic lunacy of American short-form virtuoso George Saunders and the everyday rhapsodies of Raymond Carver... Woodward is actually at his best when he's knee-deep in the ordinary'
-- Time Out

`Gerard Woodward has one very desirable quality: a distinctive voice.' -- The Scotsman

`Gerard Woodward's first collection of short stories brims with confidence' -- The Observer

`In clean, uncomplicated prose inlaid with images of striking lyricism, Woodward explores the bizarre possibilities of ordinary people's lives' -- The Sunday Telegraph

`Woodward is a skilful writer, with a fertile imagination.' -- The Guardian

`the down-to-earth dialogue and the deadpan delivery remain doggedly realistic, and some stories retain not only the ring of truth but also its open-ended structure' -- Times Literary Supplement

Book Description:

A brilliant, unsettling, wonderfully readable collection of stories by the Booker shortlisted author of I'll Go to Bed at Noon, where the quotidian and the surreal inhabit the same vivid and perplexing world.

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