Talking Location With …. Sarah Holding: ICELAND
Sweet Song of the Siren
Location(s): Thailand
Genre(s): Short Stories
Era(s): Modern
A murderer who sees himself carved in stone, a writer whose dead wife returns to him through time, a robot community waiting for their saviour, a man who falls in love with his own penis, a woman dying slowly of dementia and a troupe of wise-cracking monkeys—these are just some of the surprising characters you will encounter in this third collection of short stories from Thailand-based author William Peskett.
Humour and melancholy, comfort and suspense, this collection possesses all of these qualities, sometimes within the same story. Most are set in Thailand and provide insights into the lives of the varied populations of that exotic land; others could have happened anywhere. But what marks them out is the diversity of the storylines, the quality of the writing, and engagement with interesting characters who have something to say.
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