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Monday, 27 April 2020

"Contemporary British Short Story" (edited by Philip Hensher)

Mr Philip Hensher has strong opinions when it comes to short stories. I liked some, but have not properly kept track of which ones. Except that I remember Lucy Wood's "Flotsam, Jetsam, Lagan, Derelict" as beautifully haunting and melancholic, about an elderly couple living close to the beach where more and more waste keeps turning up.