In this remarkable collection of stories, Elisabeth Russell Taylor dissects our closest relationships to expose the violence that lies at the heart of intimacy. With unflinching precision, she describes the mundane cruelties of contemporary life - the small acts of treachery, the convoluted workings of revenge. Her cool, elegant prose reveals a world we immediately recognise as our own, a world in which every daydream contains the plot for a nightmare.
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In this remarkable collection of stories, Elisabeth Russell Taylor dissects our closest relationships to expose the violence that lies at the heart of intimacy. With unflinching precision, she describes the mundane cruelties of contemporary life - the small acts of treachery, the convoluted workings of revenge. Her cool, elegant prose reveals a world we immediately recognise as our own, a world in which every daydream contains the plot for a nightmare.
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