Atmospheric Railway, The

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‘Mackay’s observational precision is outstanding; she writes like an angel wielding a scalpel, dissecting her characters with sublime, sharp-edged prose… Her stories are grand entertainment’ Guardian Shena Mackay is one of the very best short-story writers in the world. The Atmospheric Railway contains not only thirteen brilliant new stories, but a selection of twenty-three more from her previous collection, making it a delight for her existing admirers and the perfect introduction to her work for newcomers.

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Shena Mackay was born in Edinburgh. She is the author of four previous collections of stories – Babies in Rhinestones, Dreams of Dead Women’s Handbags, The Laughing Academy and The World’s Smallest Unicorn. Her novels include Dunedin, The Orchard on Fire (which was shortlisted for the 1996 Booker Prize), The Artist’s Widow and Heligoland (which was shortlisted for the 2003 Orange Prize).