First published 2017
This collection presents the six stories that competed for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, the globe's most valuable short fiction prize at £30,000. Kathleen Alcott contributes "Reputation Management" alongside five other writers: Bret Anthony Johnston with "Half of What Atlee Rouse Knows about Horses," Richard Lambert's "The Hazel Twig and the Olive Tree," Victor Lodato's "The Tenant," Celeste Ng's "Every Little Thing," and Sally Rooney's "Mr Salary." A distinguished panel selected these works, including Booker Prize winner Anne Enright, Orange and Whitbread winner Rose Tremain, Booker nominee Neel Mukherjee, and critic Mark Lawson. The award has previously recognized Pulitzer winners Junot Díaz, Anthony Doerr, and Adam Johnson, plus celebrated authors like Hilary Mantel, Ali Smith, Yiyun Li, CK Stead, and Elizabeth Strout. These six stories showcase the finest contemporary English-language short fiction.
Genres: fiction, short-stories, anthologies, contemporary, 21st-century, short-story-collection
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: anthology
Setting: England
Period: 2017
128 pages · ebook · Times Books