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The Body in the Mobile Library and Other Stories is a collection of twenty-one darkly humorous and macabre stories, often with a poignant, or absurdist, or nightmarish theme. Many of the stories were previously broadcast on BBC Radio 4 or published in Esquire.
Pope Benedict XVI writes a (very good) high-school comedy screenplay about twins; a gangland plot is mounted around a lost section of Wordsworth’s Prelude, featuring ‘drug-fuelled three-way...
- Emma Beddington
Apr 11, 2024 · With twenty-one deliciously observed, gloriously mischievous short stories – some previously narrated on BBC Radio 4 or published in literary magazines, others completely new – Peter Bradshaw explores the boundary between the plausible and the absurd, often with a laugh-out-loud gag up his sleeve.
- Peter Bradshaw
The Body in the Mobile Library: and other stories. Peter Bradshaw. 4.50. 2 ratings1 review. 'Staggering and unforgettable storytelling' Mel Giedroyc. In his retirement at the Vatican City, emeritus pope Benedict XVI is hard at work on his magnum a high-school comedy screenplay.
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Mar 14, 2024 · At a grimy pub in North London, a doctoral researcher is abducted by gangsters peddling William Wordsworth' s handwritten account of drug-fuelled sex orgies.In the West African state of Benin, a politician' s daughter inherits a large cash sum which she can only launder with the help of a random Englishman sourced on the internet.With twenty-one...
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- Peter Bradshaw
Apr 11, 2024 · by Peter Bradshaw (Author) 5.0 4 ratings. See all formats and editions. ‘Staggering and unforgettable storytelling’ Mel Giedroyc. In his retirement at the Vatican City, emeritus pope Benedict XVI is hard at work on his magnum opus: a high-school comedy screenplay.
- Peter Bradshaw
Mar 14, 2024 · With twenty-one deliciously observed, gloriously mischievous short stories – some previously narrated on BBC Radio 4 or published in literary magazines, others completely new – Peter Bradshaw explores the boundary between the plausible and the absurd, often with a laugh-out-loud gag up his sleeve.
