The Museum of Doubt

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Synopsis
&“Outstanding&” stories from the bestselling author—&“as though David Lynch had been let loose on the set of a drawing-room comedy&” (The Times). The Museum of Doubt is a collection of surreal and unnerving short stories from award-winning writer James Meek. The array of characters who populate Meek&’s vague and elusive worlds are driven by paranoia and doubts, as well as hopes and fears of things only half-glimpsed. &“Ricochets between the supernatural and the suburban throughout . . . the writing fizzes . . . This is true experimental writing: careless of taboo, teeming with ideas, elusive yet utterly controlled.&” —The Guardian &“The maniac energy of Kerouac pulses throughout the prose, but there is also a hallucinatory horror and hyper-realist constraint miraculously balanced in a manner which suggests the perfect fusion of Kafka and Kelman.&” —Scotsman &“Demanding and rewarding, lyrical and vernacular, smart and entertaining.&” —Times Literary Supplement &“Bristling with wit and invention, these tales are full of hair-brained schemes, hair-raising moments, and incredibly close shaves . . . tongue-twisting wordplay, clipped dialogue and well-groomed characters . . . These stories are all collector&’s items.&” —The Sunday Herald &“Stories of antler eaters, fish smokers and suburban psychopaths make up this often startling and always disturbing collection.&” —Duncan McLean, author of Bunker Man &“One of the country&’s finest writers.&” —GQ
Copyright:
2009

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
304 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781847677006
Publisher:
Canongate Books
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Copyrighted By:
James Meek
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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