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Title
Dear George - and other stories
Author
Helen Simpson
format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Vintage Books
Language
English
UK Publication Date
19960601

In her third collection of short stories, Helen Simpson continues to explore ideas of independence, solitude, marriage, sex and babies with her characteristic blend of comedy and lyricism. Here are tales of young love - successful or thwarted, intense or comic.

From a wedding day for one, through the knotty problems of babies, their conception, arrival and impact on adult lives, to a Lothario receiving his just deserts, and the title story, where a schoolgirl's erotic daydreams during Shakespeare homework produce eventual blushes of horror.

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Helen Simpson's sixth short-story collection, Cockfosters, follows Four Bare Legs in a Bed (1990), Dear George (1995), Hey Yeah Right Get a Life (2000), Constitutional (2005) and In-Flight Entertainment (2010).
A Bunch of Fives: Selected Stories (2012) includes five stories from each of her first five collections. She has received the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M.Forster Award. She lives in London.

"Of all contemporary writers, Simpson has the most honest, the most authentic voice"
The Times

"Biting wit...has me laughing aloud"
Pat Barker

"Simpson's wit defies formulaic feminism or, indeed, any other -ism... Very, very funny"
Evening Standard

"Full of good jokes, wonderfully alert to irony and the possibilities of language"
Jonathan Coe

"Effortless charm, wit and vivid sexual detail"
Time Out

Type
BOOK
Edition
2nd Edition
Keyword Index
Short stories, English - 20th century.
Country of Publication
England
Number of Pages
152

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