{"product_id":"speaking-with-the-angel-isbn-9781573228589","title":"Speaking with the Angel","description":"\u003cb\u003eNick Hornby…Giles Smith…Helen Fielding…Roddy Doyle…Irvine Welsh…Zadie Smith…Dave Eggers…Robert Harris…Melissa Bank…Patrick Marber…Colin Firth…John O’Farrell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompiled by bestselling author Nick Hornby and featuring brand new stories from the hottest writers on both sides of the Atlantic, \u003cb\u003eSpeaking with the Angel\u003c\/b\u003e is a fresh and funny collection that is sure to be the literary anthology of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is a book that was inspired by a very special boy and a very special school.  Some money from each copy of \u003cb\u003eSpeaking with the Angel\u003c\/b\u003e sold will benefit autism education charities around the world, including The Treehouse School in London, where Nick’s son Danny is a student, and the New York Child Learning Institute here in the States.  This project is truly a labor of love for Hornby and the other writers involved, many of whom are Nick’s friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese original first-person narratives come from the most exciting voices in fiction.  Melissa Bank gives readers a glimpse into the mind of a modern New Yorker whose still-new relationship is a constant source of surprise in “The Wonder Spot.”  In Zadie Smith’s “I’m the Only One,” a young man recalls his strained relationship with his diva-esque sister.  Dave Egger’s “After I Was Thrown in the River and Before I Drowned,” is told from the viewpoint of an unfortunate pit bull.  Helen Fielding offers up a new twist on I’ve fallen and I can’t get up in “Luckybitch.”  And in Nick Hornby’s “NippleJesus,” a bruiser finds out that guarding modern art is far more hazardous than controlling the velvet ropes at a nightclub.  \u003cb\u003eSpeaking with the Angel\u003c\/b\u003e also includes stories from Roddy Doyle, Irvine Welsh, Colin Firth, John O’Farrell, Robert Harris, Patrick Marber, and Giles Smith. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve completely new stories, written by twelve undeniably imaginative voices.  \u003cb\u003eSpeaking with the Angel\u003c\/b\u003e is at turns clever, outrageous, witty, edgy, tender, and wicked.  This is what they meant by original.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e by Nick Hornby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePMQ\u003c\/b\u003e by Robert Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wonder Spot\u003c\/b\u003e by Melissa Bank\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLast Requests\u003c\/b\u003e by Giles Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Shelley\u003c\/b\u003e by Patrick Marber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Department of Nothing\u003c\/b\u003e by Colin Firth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI'm the Only One\u003c\/b\u003e by Zadie Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNippleJesus\u003c\/b\u003e by Nick Hornby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter I Was Thrown in the River and Before I Drowned\u003c\/b\u003e by Dave Eggers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuckybitch\u003c\/b\u003e by Helen Fielding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Slave\u003c\/b\u003e by Roddy Doyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatholic Guilt (You Know You Love It)\u003c\/b\u003e by Irvine Welsh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalking into the Wind\u003c\/b\u003e by John O'Farrell\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEditor's Notes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNick Hornby is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Good\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHigh Fidelity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAbout a Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Long Way Down\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the memoir \u003ci\u003eFever Pitch\u003c\/i\u003e.  He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eSongbook\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award, and the editor of the short story collection \u003ci\u003eSpeaking with the Angel\u003c\/i\u003e.  The recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters E. M. Forster Award for 1999 as well as the 2003 Orange Word International Writers’ London Award, he lives in North London.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303530352869,"sku":"NP9781573228589","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781573228589.jpg?v=1767737048","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/speaking-with-the-angel-isbn-9781573228589","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}