Publication Date: 01/08/2024 ISBN: 9781529114966 Category:

Burning Angel and Other Stories

Lawrence Osborne

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Publication Date: 01/08/2024 ISBN: 9781529114966 Category:
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‘Brilliant’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Compelling and unnerving’ SPECTATOR

This first collection of stories by Lawrence Osborne perfectly showcases his talent for tension, atmosphere – and characters out of their depth

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A deaf girl hired as a maid by a wealthy New York couple turns the tables on her obliviously abusive employers and answers blackmail with blackmail. A psychiatrist treating a girl in rural England becomes ensnared in a love affair that threatens to destroy her career. A naive young linguist sent to the forests of Irian Jaya is manipulated into betraying her mission by a ruthless and disturbed pastor.

Lawrence Osborne’s stories explore characters lost in the shadowed borders between the mundane, the fantastical and the violence of the natural world.

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‘This is stylish, subversive fiction from a writer at the top of his game’ New Statesman, Books of the Year

‘If you appreciate stories with stings in the tail, you will enjoy this fiendishly cunning new collection’ Mail on Sunday

Publisher Review

Brilliant… clear but strong, full of mood and meaning — Bryan Appleyard * SUNDAY TIMES * Compelling and unnerving — Emily Rhodes * SPECTATOR * If you appreciate stories with stings in the tail, you will enjoy this fiendishly cunning new collection… Osborne not only has the knack of keeping readers guessing, but the rarer gift of drawing them into the interior world of his characters * Mail on Sunday * This is stylish, subversive fiction from a writer at the top of his game * NEW STATESMAN, *Books of the Year* *

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