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Speaking with the Angel

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Cover artist
  
Archie Ferguson

Publication date
  
2000

Pages
  
233 pp

Originally published
  
2000

Publisher
  
Penguin Books

Editor
  
Nick Hornby

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print

ISBN
  
978-0-1402-9678-5

Genre
  
Anthology

Country
  
United Kingdom

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Authors
  
Colin Firth, Nick Hornby, Zadie Smith, Melissa Bank

Similar
  
Nick Hornby books, Fiction books

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Speaking with the Angel is a collection of short stories edited by Nick Hornby. It was initially published by Penguin Books in 2000, with a paperback edition published by Riverhead Books in 2001. Featuring stories from twelve established writers, the book acted as a fundraising effort for TreeHouse, a charity school for severely autistic children in London where Hornby's son was a student.

Contents

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Contents

“Introduction” by Nick Hornby
  1. “PMQ” by Robert Harris
  2. “The Wonder Spot” by Melissa Bank
  3. “Last Requests” by Giles Smith
  4. “Peter Shelley” by Patrick Marber
  5. “The Department of Nothing” by Colin Firth
  6. “I'm the Only One” by Zadie Smith
  7. “NippleJesus” by Nick Hornby
  8. “After I Was Thrown in the River and Before I Drowned” by Dave Eggers
  9. “LuckyBitch” by Helen Fielding
  10. “The Slave” by Roddy Doyle
  11. “Catholic Guilt” by Irvine Welsh
  12. “Walking into the Wind” by John O'Farrell

References

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