A book of short stories from the author of CHOCOLAT Take your partners please.Suburban witches defiant old ladies ageing monsters suicidal Lotterywinners wolf m... » 

A book of short stories from the author of CHOCOLAT Take your partners please.Suburban witches defiant old ladies ageing monsters suicidal Lotterywinners wolf men dolphin women and middleaged manufacturers of eroticleatherwear. In these twentytwo short stories from the author of HOLY FOOLSand FIVE QUARTERS OF THE ORANGE the miraculous goes handinhand with themundane the sour with the sweet and the beautiful the grotesque theseductive and the disturbing are never more than one step away. JIGS REELS isJoanne Harris first collection of short stories. As she says in her Foreworda good short story can startle ignite and illuminate...giving you vividanarchic glimpses into different world different people. Here she proves sheis as good as her word by creating an eclectic selection of tales for our timesthat will delight surprise entertain and horrify in equal measure. Slyfunny sometimes provocative but always personal JIGS REELS shows a side toJoanne Harris you have never seen before. So go on be tempted. After all itsonly dancing. «