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The Short Hello is a spirited first collection of stories from writer, actor, and ex-stand-up comedian Susie Maguire. We encounter seven-year-old Mickey on the road in Northeastern America, the twenty-something Glaswegian Marina McLoughlin in "The Day I Met Sean Connery" and "Barry Norman´s Tie," the lesser-spotted Scottish single male who likes to cook, menopausal Holly stuck in Debenhams, Pig and Anna in Tangiers, a yellow sofa that prohibits an electric but impossible relationship, and the intrepid accountant-detective of the London comedy scene, Mr. Arnold Brown. A specialist in odd-angled observation, Susie Maguire deftly handles changes in mood and moment. Her astringent, comic voice delves beneath the clichés and euphemisms of people´s everyday conversations to make for a sharp and entertaining collection.
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The short hello, Susie Maguire
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- Released
- 2000
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- Title
- The short hello
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Susie Maguire
- Publisher
- Polygon
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 150
- ISBN10
- 0748662715
- ISBN13
- 9780748662715
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, World Literature
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- The Short Hello is a spirited first collection of stories from writer, actor, and ex-stand-up comedian Susie Maguire. We encounter seven-year-old Mickey on the road in Northeastern America, the twenty-something Glaswegian Marina McLoughlin in "The Day I Met Sean Connery" and "Barry Norman´s Tie," the lesser-spotted Scottish single male who likes to cook, menopausal Holly stuck in Debenhams, Pig and Anna in Tangiers, a yellow sofa that prohibits an electric but impossible relationship, and the intrepid accountant-detective of the London comedy scene, Mr. Arnold Brown. A specialist in odd-angled observation, Susie Maguire deftly handles changes in mood and moment. Her astringent, comic voice delves beneath the clichés and euphemisms of people´s everyday conversations to make for a sharp and entertaining collection.