Short Stories: The Thoroughly Modern Collection

Ruth Rendell, William Boyd, Haruki Murakami, Helen Simpson & Patrick O'Brien

Short Stories: The Thoroughly Modern Collection by Ruth Rendell, William Boyd, Haruki Murakami, Helen Simpson, Patrick O'Brien (CD-Audio ISBN 9781904605508) book cover

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Contemporary short fiction from CSA Word’s popular Short Stories series

With this rich range of unabridged stories we celebrate the very best of contemporary writers and writing.
Among others the collections features thriller writer Ruth Rendell, witty William Boyd, the Japanese literary sensation Haruki Murakami, ever-inventive Helen Simpson, and Patrick O’Brien, world-famous for his nautical series.

Readers include top British actors Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres and Janet McTeer.


“A fest of the best.”
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Ruth Rendell, William Boyd, Haruki Murakami, Helen Simpson & Patrick O'Brien

This contemporary collection features thriller writer Ruth Rendell, witty William Boyd, the Japanese literary sensation Haruki Murakami, ever-inventive Helen Simpson, and Patrick O’Brien, world-famous for his nautical series.

Readers include top British actors Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres and Janet McTeer.