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Show Them a Good Time
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Description
Bloomsbury presents Show Them a Good Time by Nicole Flattery, read by Jill Crawford.
A NEW STATESMAN, IRISH TIMES AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
Winner of the Irish Book Awards Short Story of the Year 2019
'A masterclass in the short story – bold, irreverent and agonisingly funny' SALLY ROONEY
'Demands repeated reading' JON McGREGOR
'Announces the arrival of a brilliant talent' FINANCIAL TIMES
An urgent and unforgettable collection of stories, Show Them a Good Time explores types – men and women, their assigned roles and meanings – in modern society.
A young, broke Irish woman narrates her relationship with a successful comedian in New York; two hapless university students take to the stage in a bid to assert their autonomy; a school teacher makes her way through a series of dead-end dates, gamely searching for love or distraction as the world teeters towards ruin.
The characters in these magnificently accomplished stories are haunted as much by the future as they are by their pasts. Exuberant, irreverent and loaded with dark humour, Show Them a Good Time marks the arrival of a strikingly original new voice in fiction.
Product details
| Published | Mar 21 2019 |
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| Format | Audiobook |
| Duration | 6 hours and 10 minutes |
| ISBN | 9781526614483 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Show Them a Good Time is a master class in the short story-bold, irreverent and agonizingly funny.
Sally Rooney, Author of NORMAL PEOPLE and CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS
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Affecting and darkly funny . . . Posing biting questions about identity, sexuality and trauma, Show Them a Good Time is an offbeat yet moving look at contemporary womanhood.
TIME Magazine
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The stories are brilliant, full of surprises.
New York Times Book Review
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Outstanding . . . wry and devastating.
Paris Review
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At its best, which is often, Flattery's prose has a thrilling relentlessness and rhythmical snap to it; it pummels and excites.
The Guardian
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Flattery puts across finely observed everyday details with an absurd sensibility and has a talent for one-liners.
The New Yorker

























