Book description
Winner of the Pushcart Prize and the
Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize
"This collection is her best ever." AMY TANWife with Knife is a collection of quick and quirky short stories, that are an utter delight and winner of the Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize 2020
"Molly Giles’ stories have always…
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1 author picked Wife with Knife as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Molly Giles has a distinctly hilarious, cutting (especially in the title story) voice as in this brilliant collection she dices into failed love affairs, adulterous catastrophes, and annoying canines.
I keep this particular book on my bedstand and refer to it repeatedly when I want to imbibe inspired cattiness. She has won lots of prizes and I can’t believe she isn’t a household name.
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