Discover the fantastical Sunday Times bestselling short story collection from the award-winning
author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life. 'Simply one of the best writers working today
anywhere in the world' Gillian Flynn 'As soon as you get to the end you'll be tempted to just
start at the beginning' Independent 'Funny and poignant in equal measure you'll want to read
this captivating collection in one mystical sitting.' Daily Express Welcome to a world where
nothing is quite what it seems... In these pages you'll meet among others a queen who makes
a bargain she cannot keep a secretary who watches over the life she has just left and a man
whose luck changes when a horse speaks to him. With clockwork intricacy inventiveness and
sharp social observation Kate Atkinson conjures a feast for the imagination in a constantly
changing multiverse. Atkinson's first short story collection in twenty years Normal Rules
Don't Apply is a dazzling array of eleven interconnected tales. ____________ 'Hilarious
breathtaking horrific irresistible ... [Atkinson is] always in command ... Heart in mouth I
never wanted this book to end' Sydney Morning Herald 'Sublime ... showcases her superb
storytelling and the wit of her writing' Good Housekeeping 'Life in all of its surreal tragic
and comic glory is perfectly captured within these pages' Red 'Dazzling' Reader's Digest Praise
for Kate Atkinson: 'Inexhaustibly ingenious' HILARY MANTEL 'A brilliant and profoundly original
writer' RACHEL CUSK 'Atkinson is a novelist of unrivalled immediacy authority and skill'
FINANCIAL TIMES 'One of the country's most innovative exciting and intelligent authors.'
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