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Eclectic- entertaining ... almost all British- if not human- life is here Boyd Tonkin- IndependentMind-stretching- heart-breaking- beautifully-crafted fiction Claire Harman- Evening StandardShe would tear the house down - shatter the windows- slash the furniture- flood the baths- fire the curtains!Hilarious- exuberant- surreal- subtle- tender- brutal- spectacular and above all unexpected: this extraordinary selection celebrates the British short story from the 1920s to the present day. From Angela Carter to V. S. Pritchett- Elizabeth Taylor to J. G. Ballard- Ali Smith to a host of little-known works from magazines and periodicals- and including tales of air-raids- phone sex- snobbery- modern-day slavery- grief- desire- the familiar and the strange- here is the short story in all its limitless possibilities. Edited and with an introduction by Philip Hensher- the award-winning novelist- critic and journalist....