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The Destiny of Nathalie X
William Boyd
’I once heard a theory about this town, this place where we work and wrangle, where we swindle and swive‘.
Call If You Need Me
Raymond Carver
‘She watched me as I wrote out a cheque for the three months’ rent. Later, back at the motel, in bed, she lay with her hand on her forehead and said, “I envy your wife.”’
Fiction by Raymond Carver.
The Separated
Tim Lott
‘It is a short January day, unseasonably warm. The afternoon is getting dark and it isn't yet four o'clock’.
This is Centerville
James Buchan
‘In the imagination of strangers there is a small town in America which represents not just itself but the whole country‘.
Man Walks Into A Bar
James Kelman
‘I had been living abroad for twelve years and I was gaun hame, maybe forever, maybe a month.‘
