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PUBLISHER: Random House (Digital)

FORMAT: Electronic book text

ISBN: 9781448129171

RRP: £1.87

PAGES: 56

PUBLICATION DATE:
November 17, 2011

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Miss Arizona

Irvine Welsh

Raymond Wilson Butler, a director and writer down on his luck, is struggling to write a biography of his hero, the late filmmaker Halliday. He conducts a series of interviews with his widow Yolanda, an overweight woman living alone in the desert in Arizona with a penchant for taxidermy. Raymond knows she is an eccentric but nothing can prepare him for Yolanda’s revelation of the true story of the life and death of her late husband. Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection If You Liked School, You’ll Love Work.

Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh is the author of several works of fiction, including the bestselling Trainspotting. He lives in Dublin.

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