Tales from the Mall - Softcover

Ewan Morrison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908885017 ISBN 13: 9781908885012

Publisher: Cargo Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Fashion. Food Courts. Lingerie. Fire Bombing. Suicide. Free Parking. Welcome to the Mall.    Why would one woman threaten to kill another for a pair of discounted shoes? Why are cross-dressers drawn to mall car parks? What do impulse buys have to do with rioting? And why are market research companies hiding the truth from us?    From one of the UK s most acclaimed literary and media talents, Tales From The Mall, is a mash-up of fiction, essays and true stories, that tells the rise of the most iconic symbol of our modern age the shopping mall. From over a hundred interviews and confessions, Morrison re-tells the true-life tales of those who work, shop and even find love inside their walls.    With wry wit, insight and compassion, Morrison uncovers the secrets of retail heaven and hell, to reveal how malls manipulate our emotions in cleverly calculated ways, how they are an ideal space to meet a new lover or to kill yourself and how they are taking over the world.    A startling window on our time, to make you think, fear and laugh. Retail will never be therapy again.

About this title

About the Author

Ewan Morrison is the acclaimed author of Swung, Menage, Distance and The Last Book You Read. He is a BAFTA award nominated filmmaker and lives in Glasgow.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cargo Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908885017
• ISBN 13: 9781908885012
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 340