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      ISBN: 1573228583

      ISBN13: 9781573228589

      Speaking with the Angel

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      Nick Hornby...Giles Smith...Helen Fielding...Roddy Doyle...Irvine Welsh...Zadie Smith...Dave Eggers...Robert Harris...Melissa Bank...Patrick Marber...Colin Firth...John O'Farrell Compiled by bestselling author Nick Hornby and featuring brand new stories from the hottest writers on both sides of the Atlantic, Speaking with the Angel is a fresh and funny collection that is sure to be the literary anthology of the year. Here is a book that was inspired by a very special boy and a very special school. Some money from each copy of Speaking with the Angel sold will benefit autism education charities around the world, including The Treehouse School in London, where Nick's son Danny is a student, and the New York Child Learning Institute here in the States. This project is truly a labor of love for Hornby and the other writers involved, many of whom are Nick's friends. These original first-person narratives come from the most exciting voices in fiction. Melissa Bank gives readers a glimpse into the mind of a modern New Yorker whose still-new relationship is a constant source of surprise in "The Wonder Spot." In Zadie Smith's "I'm the Only One," a young man recalls his strained relationship with his diva-esque sister. Dave Egger's "After I Was Thrown in the River and Before I Drowned," is told from the viewpoint of an unfortunate pit bull. Helen Fielding offers up a new twist on I've fallen and I can't get up in "Luckybitch." And in Nick Hornby's "NippleJesus," a bruiser finds out that guarding modern art is far more hazardous than controlling the velvet ropes at a nightclub. Speaking with the Angel also includes stories from Roddy Doyle, Irvine Welsh, Colin Firth, John O'Farrell, Robert Harris, Patrick Marber, and Giles Smith. Twelve completely new stories, written by twelve undeniably imaginative voices. Speaking with the Angel is at turns clever, outrageous, witty, edgy, tender, and wicked. This is what they meant by original.

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      Rated 5 stars
      Cool stories by hip writers

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      I think Nick Hornby is the coolest writer in the World today. This compilation was a way for me to find out other writers who are as cool as Nick. I wasn't disappointed. Here is my review of the short stories:PMQ: Wonderful comedy piece about a Prime Minister's wild night out.The Wonder Spot: Kind of too "New York Hipster" for me, but still a nice read.Last Request: Great story. Mix of a serious topic with a light point of...

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      Rated 5 stars
      Intriguing Voices, Fine Collection

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      Nick Hornby has brought together a stunning group of voices in this collection of short stories. The genesis of the book came in Hornby's desire to raise money for TreeHouse School, a private school in London for children with autism, a school which Hornby's son attends. The US edition raises money for both TreeHouse School and a similar institute in New York.Whatever the inspiration, the result has been a gathering of Hornby's...

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      Rated 5 stars
      a beautiful book, an even more beautiful cause

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      As a female sports author and a music lover, I have found Mr. Hornby's previous books enjoyable, engaging, and at times, from a Red Sox fan and a woman's perspective, infuriating. (Please, no Arsenal fan has ever undergone the misery of a Boston Red Sox fan. Eighteen years between championships? Try 83. ) However, after I read the deeply moving introduction to this book, I found it hard to recognize the self absorbed, obsessive...

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      Rated 5 stars
      Nothing too portentous or angst-ridden

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      "Speaking with the Angel" is a short-story collection of the type one usually must wait for a stuffy academic publisher to produce. Some of the brightest names in contemporary Britlit (and a few from this side of the pond) are included, with editor Nick Hornby furnishing, not only a fine story, but also the book's foreward. (Never, by the way, has a list of Acknowledgments, which drops the names of Emma Thompson and H. K...

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      Rated 5 stars
      A lot of bang for your buck

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      Here's a short story collection that gives you a fantastic collection of contemporary authors (and one actor/author) who donated their stories for a very worthy cause--a school for autistic children. I bought it because I'm a Nick Hornby fan (and also a Helen Fielding, Colin Firth, and Dave Eggers fan)--but now I've been introduced to more writers to explore and enjoy. Hornby gives a nice intro about his personal and poignant...

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