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Thisanthologyisinmanywasa'bestofthebest',containinggemsfromthirty-fourofBritain'soutstandingcontemporarywriters.Itisabooktodipinto,toreadfromcovertocover,tolendtofriendsandreadagain.Itincludesstoriesofloveandcrime,storiestouchedwithcomedyandthesupernatural,storiessetinLondon,LosAngeles,BucharestandTokyo.Aboveall,asyouwilldiscover,itsatisfiesSamuelButler'sanarchicpleasureprinciple:'IshouldliketolikeSchumann'smusicbetterthanIdo;IdaresayIcouldmakemyselflikeitbetterifItried;butIdonotlikehavingtotrytomakemyselflikethings;Ilikethingsthatmakemelikethematonceandnotryingatall...'