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Author:

Simpson, Helen, 1957-

Title:

In-flight entertainment : stories / Helen Simpson.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

vi, 165 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Short stories.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book."

Contents:

In-flight entertainment -- Squirrel -- I'm sorry but I'll have to let you go -- Scan -- Ahead of the pack -- Sorry? -- The tipping point -- Geography boy -- Channel 17 -- Homework -- Festival of the immortals -- Diary of an interesting year -- Charm for a friend with a lump.

Summary:

"These thirteen stories brilliantly focus on aspects of contemporary living and unerringly capture a generation, a type, a social class, a pattern of behavior. They give us the small detail that reveals large secrets and summons up the inner stresses of our lives."--P. 2 of cover.

ISBN:

0307595587
9780307595584

OCLC:

(OCoLC)745979748

LCCN:

2011040331

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)