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The Pier Falls

And Other Stories

The Pier Falls( )
Author: Haddon, Mark
Series title:Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
ISBN:978-1-101-97013-3
Publication Date:May 2017
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint:Vintage
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $16.95
Book Description:

Nine dazzling stories from the beloved, bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The stories that make up The Pier Falls take many forms--Victorian adventure, science fiction, morality tale, contemporary realism--but they are united by the talent and empathy that have made Mark Haddon a household name. Lyrical and uncompromising, these tales span from England to Mars, ancient Greece to the deepest Amazon. Drawing...
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Book Details
Pages:320
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Short Stories (Single Author)
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.2 x 8 x 0.7 Inches
Book Weight:0.5 Pounds
Author Biography
Haddon, Mark (Author)
Author and screenwriter Mark Haddon was born in Northampton, U.K. in 1962. He received a B.A. in English from Merton College and a MSc in English Literature from Edinburgh University. Since 1996, he has worked on numerous television projects. He has won two BAFTAs and The Royal Television Society Best Children's Drama for Microsoap, which he created and wrote 12 out of 25 episodes. He also wrote the screenplay for the BBC television adaption of Fungus the Bogeyman.

He has written fifteen children's books including the Agent Z series. In 1994, he was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize for The Real Porky Philips. He won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year Award for his novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, which provides a realistic insight into what it is like to have autism. He currently lives in Oxford with his family. He was runner-up for the BBC National Short Story Award with his title 'Bunny'.

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