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Welcome to a world, where nothing is quite what it seems…
In these pages, you’ll meet, among others, a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep, a secretary who watches over the life she has just left, and a man whose luck changes when a horse speaks to him.
With clockwork intricacy, inventiveness and sharp social observation, Kate Atkinson conjures a feast for the imagination in a constantly changing multiverse.
Atkinson’s first short story collection in twenty years, Normal Rules Don’t Apply is a dazzling array of eleven interconnected tales.
‘Hilarious, breathtaking, horrific, irresistible…[Atkinson is] always in command…heart in mouth, I never wanted this book to end’ – Sydney Morning Herald
‘Sublime…showcases her superb storytelling and the wit of her writing’ – Good Housekeeping
‘Life in all of its surreal, tragic and comic glory is perfectly captured within these pages’ – Red
‘Dazzling’ – Reader’s Digest
‘Simply one of the best writers working today, anywhere in the world’ – Gillian Flynn
‘As soon as you get to the end, you’ll be tempted to just start at the beginning’ – Independent
‘Funny and poignant in equal measure, you’ll want to read this captivating collection in one mystical sitting’ – Daily Express
