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The Pier Falls

By: Mark Haddon
Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Daniel Weyman
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An expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong. A seaside pier collapses. A 30-stone man is confined to his living room. One woman is abandoned on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean. Another woman is saved from drowning. Two boys discover a gun in a shoebox. A group of explorers find a cave of unimaginable size deep in the Amazon jungle. A man shoots a stranger in the chest on Christmas Eve.

In this first collection of stories by the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon demonstrates two things: first that he is a master of the short form (several of the stories have been longlisted for prizes); second that his imagination is even darker than we had thought.

©2016 Mark Haddon (P)2016 Random House Audiobooks Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Short Stories Mars
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The Pier Falls is unquestionably one of the strongest most accomplished short stories of our time. In the hands of the narrator, it’s power is undeniable and I listened and listened to it over and over again. I cannot recommend it enough. I cannot.

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