The Body in the Mobile Library and Other Stories
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| Author | Peter Bradshaw |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Nell Wood |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Lightning Books |
Publication date | April 11, 2024 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 1785633902 |
| OCLC | 218657 |
| Preceded by | Night Of Triumph |
The Body in the Mobile Library and Other Stories is a 2024 collection of short stories by author and critic Peter Bradshaw.[1]
Writing[edit]
The Body in the Mobile Library and Other Stories is a collection of twenty-one darkly humorous and macabre stories, often with a poignant, or absurdist, or nightmarish theme. Many of the stories have previously been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 or published in Esquire (UK Edition).
Critical Reception[edit]
Tommy Gilhooly in the Literary Review said that the collection is "mischievous, often raunchy and always teetering on perversity"[2]
Emma Beddington in The Spectator called one story "compellingly gruesome" and wrote: "Bradshaw relishes the grotesque and improbable; his set-ups are outrageously inventive" but that "characters are sympathetically drawn and their longings, insecurities, vanities and weaknesses feel all too credible."[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Lightning Strikes for Bradshaw's short story collection: October 9, 2023 - www.bookseller.com". the bookseller.com.
- ^ Gilhooly, Tommy (1 May 2024). "Your Passcode Or Your Life". Literary Review. Literary Review Quarto Limited. p. 58. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ Beddington, Emma (20 April 2024). "Grotesque vignettes". The Spectator. Press Holdings. p. 32. Retrieved 20 April 2024.