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Vintage

FORMAT: Paperback
ISBN: 9780099274599
RRP: £6.99
PAGES: 223
PUBLICATION DATE: March 2, 2000

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The World’s Smallest Unicorn and Other Stories

By (author) Shena Mackay

A collection of stories that combine the macabre and the mundane, by a writer with a sharp eye for the telling detail.

Shena Mackay

Shena Mackay was born in Edinburgh. She is the author of two novellas, three previous collections of stories and eight novels, including “The Orchard on Fire” (shortlisted for the 1996 Booker Prize) and “The Artist’s Widow” (1998).

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