Lying In Bed

By Polly Samson

Book Overview

Do you cover up or reveal it all; seek revenge or just reassurance; let the truth be naked as the day or cloaked in a night-time story? The men and women of Polly Samson's debut fiction all have stories to tell, pasts to forget, futures to forge. Manipulative or meek, used or using, all are aware of the power of truth, deception and little white lies to get what they want or sometimes what they deserve. Some are concerned with the economies of speech, those little 'kindnesses' which protect our loved ones but really ourselves; some investigate the warped logic which adults serve out to children to keep them 'innocent'; all are concerned with the beds we make and the lies we tell in them. . .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844087085
• ISBN13: 9781844087082
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Virago Fiction
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

A sparkling debut

Journalist Polly Samson has immediately catapulted herself into the upper echelons of modern literature with this sparkling debut compendium of short stories. While it was her song lyric-penning abilities which brought her to the attention of this reader, the 12 stories of this collection have more to offer than simply lyrical prose (although her fluid style is a constant delight). Samson's real talent lies in her ability to, in the space of few words, uncover and reveal character traits which are instantly recognisable. Dialogue - so often the achilles heel of even the most respected writers - flows from the characters supremely comfortably, and above all believably.Overall, a splendid read - as is her debut novel, Out Of The Picture, which is also essential.