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Republics of the Mind
James Robertson
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Description for Republics of the Mind
Paperback. A collection of short stories ranging from a dysfunctional safari park to a dentist's surgery, from the poverty of hope of a reservation in South Dakota to the nightmare vision of a future Scotland riven by ethnic cleansing, from friendships strong in adversity to marriages heading for the rocks. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 200 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268. New and Selected Stories. 256 pages. A collection of short stories ranging from a dysfunctional safari park to a dentist's surgery, from the poverty of hope of a reservation in South Dakota to the nightmare vision of a future Scotland riven by ethnic cleansing, from friendships strong in adversity to marriages heading for the rocks. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 163 x 200 x 21. Weight: 268.
The republic of the mind… It might have been a drug, it might have been something you scored in pub toilets, but it wasn't. It was better than that… One day everybody was going to be there.
In this new edition of James Robertson's shorter fiction, nothing is quite what it seems. From a dysfunctional safari park to an abandoned mental hospital, from a flat overrun by frogs to a South Dakota reservation or a future Scotland riven by ethnic cleansing, the settings of these stories are both nightmarish and real, and the characters who inhabit them often heroic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
B&W Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845024918
SKU
V9781845024918
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About James Robertson
James Robertson is a co-founder of Itchy Coo. He writes books for both adults and children, in English and in Scots. His novel The Testament of Gideon Mack was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2006 and featured on the Richard and Judy Book Club in 2007. For Itchy Coo his translations include Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom, Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox and ... Read more
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