A funny, astute and moving depiction of a charming vanished England

A delightful collection...exquisitely told

Comic, benignly forgiving and shot through with threads of nostalgic regret

A timely examination of the charming and, at time, heart-wrenchingly sad aspects of English village life...testament to the rude health of the author's own imagination

The creator of Captain Corelli is fond of an exotic setting and he has found one in his own backyard... The stories are sketches of lives that settle into the atmosphere of a place and make it unique

In these stories de Bernieres casts a loveing eye on the world we have lost and invites you to share its intimacies

KNOCKEMSTIFF by Donald Ray Pollock is the best book I have ever read. This is the America they don't let you see on television. This is real literature. It will be read for centuries

It's as if you put David Lynch, Denis Johnson, and a drunk speed freak body builder into a blender. The result are some of the darkest, wildest, most messed up, hilarious stories I've ever read. Knockemstiff is really something

This short story collection gives those new to her oeuvre a chance to delve into gems from her past...precociously vibrant