Medals and Prizes

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‘Medals and Prizes’ brings together eight of the best stories and novellas by John Metcalf, a virtuosic champion of the short form. Metcalf was born in Carlisle and emigrated to Canada as a young man, where both his innovations as a prose stylist and his talent as an editor are legendary. Entertaining and moving and mischievous, these elegant fictions are a homecoming for a writer ready to assume his rank among Britain’s great short fiction masters.

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Medals and Prizes brings together eight ofthe best stories and novellas by John Metcalf, a virtuosic champion of theshort form. Metcalf was born in Carlisle and emigrated to Canada as a youngman, where both his innovations as a prose stylist and his talent as an editorare legendary. Until now, he has never been published in Britain. Spanning morethan fifty years, and ranging from some of his earliest published stories tothe astonishing late-career ‘Medals and Prizes’, the work gathered here showsus a writer whose voice, at every stage, is unmistakeable. Entertaining and moving and mischievous, theseelegant fictions are a homecoming for a writer ready to assume his rank amongBritain’s great short fiction masters. Table of Contents: Singles Gents Only The Children Green and Golden The Nipples of Venus Girl in Gingham Dandelions Medals and Prizes Ceazar Salad Keys and Watercress

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Weight 392 g
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 2.8 cm
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Cover

Paperback
Pages

350
Language

English
Edition

|Short stories
Dewey

813.54 (edition:23)
Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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