Piranha to Scurfy

Piranha to Scurfy
First edition (UK)
AuthorRuth Rendell
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHutchinson (UK)
Crown (US)
Doubleday Canada (Canada)
Publication date
7 September 2000
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages248
ISBN0-09-179347-5

Piranha to Scurfy is a short story collection by British writer Ruth Rendell, published in 2000. The collection takes its unusual name from the first story featured, which itself is named after a volume of the Encyclopædia Britannica.[1]

Contents

The volume contains 9 short stories and 2 longer novellas:

  1. Piranha to Scurfy (novella)
  2. Computer Seance (NB: not included in the US edition)
  3. Fair Exchange
  4. The Wink
  5. Catamount
  6. Walter's Leg
  7. The Professional
  8. The Beach Butler
  9. The Astronomical Scarf
  10. High Mysterious Union (novella)
  11. Myth (NB: not included in the US edition. Also re-published in 2003 in the US quarterly The Strand Magazine, issue 11, retitled "Paradise." )[2]

References

  1. ^ Guttridge, Peter (3 September 2000). "Observer review: Ruth Rendell". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 October 2017 – via www.theguardian.com.
  2. ^ "Strand Magazine Issue 11 - Ray Bradbury, John Mortimer, Ruth Rendall".


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