19 February 2015
I’m delighted to say that our gamble in launching a line of print short story collections appears to be paying off. The tender melancholy of DJ Taylor’s Wrote For Luck is touching reviewers too. Other people love it! There are few better pleasures for a publisher. He’s been getting just the applause he deserves, which makes the joy and honour of working on this book all the sweeter. Here’s a sample of the feedback he's been getting:
“Confirms Taylor's assurance as a chronicler of our times, setting the decline of cultural and social status and influence against the backdrop of rain-swept East Anglia. There is an almost Chekhovian undertow to this impressive and rewarding collection.”
'These short stories are sophisticated morsels of modern life, needle-sharp, and touchingly aware of the social subtext... Excellent.'
Kate Saunders, The Times
Kate Saunders, The Times
'Sharp and clever... Taylor has a great knack of pulling the reader in, and his endings, which spin out into rather mournful, very British epiphanies, linger long in the mind.'
“His eye for human sadness makes this a consistently superb collection.”
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Taylor proves that he is an acute commentator on contemporary manners.
The South China Morning Post (I know!)
More short stories soon then! And thank you everyone who has bought the book from us and helped this thing work.
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