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“Astonishingly brilliant stories, whose exhilarating scope and power signal the debut of a major talent.” – Chang-rae Lee
John Llewelyn Rhys Prize
PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award
H. L. Davis Oregon Book Award
In tales that travel from Coventry to Kuala Lumpur, from the past to the present, and from hilarity to tragedy, American bandits herd ostriches in Patagonia, British soldiers confront Zulus in Natal, and John Wayne leads the way for local revolutionaries in Southeast Asia.
Praise
“With this astounding collection, Peter Ho Davies has left a unique, definitive footprint in the soil of contemporary short fiction”
– Washington Post
“Rarely have ordinary mortals been so affectionately portrayed as they stumble into the jaws of history and cultural collision. Davies is a writer to behold with real pleasure.”
—Gish Jen
“A quiet clarity and an all-encompassing empathy that is without borders.”
—Elle
“Allows us access not just to exotic latitudes, but to a realm of the imagination.”
—The Chicago Tribune