Icarus in Reverse & Other Stories
Published on 13. December 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
143 pages
978-1-907629-92-1 (ISBN)
Description
Who is watching Miss Melchior and why is the American ambassador so nervous? What are the repercussions of the soda siphon and what went wrong in the court of Queen Elizabeth? And is the devoted butler taking his duties a little too far? In this collection of intriguing and eye-opening short stories the reader is taken on journeys of discovery with sometimes unforeseen consequences.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Grendon Underwood
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Shieldcrest Publishing
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-907629-92-1 (9781907629921)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Dominic O'Sullivan was born in North London and grew up in Muswell Hill. He has, however, spent much of his time in East Anglia. He studied German at the University of East Anglia under the guidance of his tutor Dr W.G. 'Max' Sebald. In 2009 he published his first collection of short stories 'Swifts' of which the title story was performed as a play in the Chocolate Factory, North London. In this collection both 'New Wave' and 'A Dash of Soda' were performed at the ADC Theatre in Cambridge in May 2013 as part of a season of monologues and dialogues.
Content
Contents Icarus in Reverse Awaybreak The Pond The Balcony Cairina Moschata A Variety of Accents The Preparation Codpiece Widdershins Birdsong New Wave Ultimate Predictions The Clarity of Dialogue A Dash of Soda Holy Orders Without Eaves Kop Kun Krap Nocturne In Passing Listening The Uncertainties of Verbs