From antiques fayres to Cloud-Cuckoo-Land, geriatric wards to Crystal Palace, this collection offers a journey around the bizarre yet familiar characters and settings that Mackay has made her own. The Laughing Academy is as witty, black and compelling as anything Shena Mackay has written. 'A highly original talent' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT She has achieved that rarest of things for a writer' DAILY TELEGRAPH as rich in history and wonder as a plain Victorian terrace house' GUARDIAN A wonderful collection of short stories from the doyenne of the form.įROM THE AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE (1996) AND THE WHITBREAD PRIZE (2003)
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