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The Safety of Objects, A.M Homes' first collection of short stories, is as hilarious, perverse and extraordinary as all of Homes' books. In one of the stories, a girl's blonde Barbie doll seduces her teenaged brother in an intense episode of erotic obsession; in others a couple go off the rails and smoke crack while their children are staying with their Grandmother; and a lawyer seeks revenge on his boss by urinating into his potted plant every evening. The stories are both bizarre and believable, very funny but also frightening and sad.
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‘Homes couldn’t be more deliciously named: she kicks over the doll’s house and gives suburbanity a good shake’ -- The Guardian
‘Homes opens a window on a world where our neuroses rot in full view’ -- Sunday Herald
‘One of the best writers of her generation...absolutely in control of her subject. Simply surreal, funny and utterly original’ -- Leeds Guide
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‘Homes opens a window on a world where our neuroses rot in full view’ -- Sunday Herald
‘One of the best writers of her generation...absolutely in control of her subject. Simply surreal, funny and utterly original’ -- Leeds Guide
A.M. Homes is the author of several novels and two collections of stories. A contributing editor to Vanity Fair, she also writes for Art Forum, the New York Times, and The New Yorker. Among her many awards are Guggenheim and NEA Fellowships. She lives in New York.
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- PublisherGranta Books
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1862076901
- ISBN 13 9781862076907
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages178
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