Ageing Disgracefully: Short Stories about Disreputable Old People - Colin Cotterill

Descriere Ageing Disgracefully: Short Stories about Disreputable Old People - Colin Cotterill

\n \nNEW SECOND EDITION \n\n \n16 Colin Cotterill illustrated short stories first published in 2009 \n\n \nINCLUDES THE DR. SIRI STORY, HAS ANYONE SEEN MRS. LIGHTSWITCH? \n\n \nThis delightful collection of short stories takes a humorous look at the lives of people who have passed the age of sixty and are still behaving very, very naughtily. The collection takes us from England to Asia with stops in Australia and the United States and it proves the point that disgusting old people are to be found just about everywhere. We enter the troubled minds of murderers, bank robbers, practical jokers, serial killers, perverts and just regular old liars all of whom are old enough to know better. You'll doubtless recognize people you know and be forced to admit to a few wiles of your own.\n \nThe stories are: \nGran Larceny \nA Night on the Tiles \nJack Wong Has a Rare Moment of Lucidity \nTart \nThe One Legged Marathon Runner of 12B Wildebeest Crescent \nThe Inside Job \nHas Anyone Seen Mrs. Lightswitch? \nFanta Man \nPlaying Grand Theft Auto III With Death \nIt's a Dog's Life (In Four Short Acts) \nOde to a Siam Square Pizza \nLife as a Torreja \nCollecting Old Footprints \nA Slightly Embellished True Story from the Gulf of Siam \nCoconuts \nForked \n\n \nWith a keen a keen eye for human foibles and a wicked sense of humor, Colin has collected and illustrated the colorful lives of elders found along his journey from his English home to his new home in Thailand with stops in Australia, the US and Laos along the way. \n\n

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