{"product_id":"9780008618964","title":"Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good","description":"\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e A Granta Best Young British Novelist\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'A thrilling love for the stuff of language ... Magical' JON McGREGOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'Poignant and playful'\n\u003cbr\u003e DAILY MAIL \n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'A writer with few real rivals'\n\u003cbr\u003e IRISH TIMES\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'A visionary writer' JAN CARSON\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e The stunning new collection of stories from the award-winning author of The Liar's Dictionary and Attrib. and Other Stories.\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Granta Best Young British novelist and acclaimed author of Attrib. and other stories, Eley Williams returns with a thrilling collection of short stories exploring the nature of relationships both intimate and transient - from the easy gamesmanship of contagious yawns to the horror of a smile fixed for just a second too long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e A courtroom sketch artist delights in committing portraits of their lover to paper but their need to capture likenesses forever is revealed to have darker, more complex intentions. A child's schoolyard crush on a saint marks a confrontation with the reality of a teenage body in flux. Elsewhere, an editor of canned laughter loses their confidence and seeks divine intervention, and an essayist annotates their thoughts on Keats by way of internet-gleaned sex tips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good hums with fossicking language and ingenious experiments in form and considers notions of playfulness, authenticity and care as it holds relationships to account: their sweet misunderstandings, soured reflections, queer wish fulfilments and shared, held breaths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'Undeniably a skilful book'\n\u003cbr\u003e TELEGRAPH\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'Stories that work from the inside out... glancing,\n\u003cbr\u003e intriguing'\n\u003cbr\u003e GUARDIAN\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Erudite and audacious' KEIRAN GODDARD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Frequently brilliant and deeply pleasurable' CAOILINN HUGHES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'I don't know anyone else who can write like this ... What a joy!' BEN PESTER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'A joy for the head and the heart' RUBY COWLING\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fourth Estate Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42491538276427,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":508.63,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0641\/0023\/7387\/files\/9780008618964-1.jpg?v=1786096348","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.co.th\/products\/9780008618964","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Thailand","version":"1.0","type":"link"}