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Show Them a Good Time

By: Nicole Flattery
Narrated by: Jill Crawford
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A NEW STATESMAN, IRISH TIMES AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR

Winner of the Irish Book Awards Short Story of the Year 2019

'A masterclass in the short story – bold, irreverent and agonisingly funny' SALLY ROONEY

‘Demands repeated reading' JON McGREGOR

'Announces the arrival of a brilliant talent' FINANCIAL TIMES

An urgent and unforgettable collection of stories, Show Them a Good Time explores types - men and women, their assigned roles and meanings - in modern society.

A young, broke Irish woman narrates her relationship with a successful comedian in New York; two hapless university students take to the stage in a bid to assert their autonomy; a school teacher makes her way through a series of dead-end dates, gamely searching for love or distraction as the world teeters towards ruin.

The characters in these magnificently accomplished stories are haunted as much by the future as they are by their pasts. Exuberant, irreverent and loaded with dark humour, Show Them a Good Time marks the arrival of a strikingly original new voice in fiction.

©2019 Nicole Flattery (P)2019 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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  • 04-29-21

Dry and quirky

This was a nice, short collection of stories. I don't usually read short stories via Audible, but this one was great. The narrator was dry and quirky like the characters. The writing was original and funny (although I wouldn't categorize this as humor, and unlike other reviews, wouldn't call it 'hilarious'). Some of the stories just seemed to end, but I enjoyed the ride so much that I didn't mind it. All of them felt like a special look behind the curtain at a completely unique person. I expect I'll be reading this again just to feel the vibes.

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