Piranha to Scurfy

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Piranha to Scurfy
PiranhaToScurfy.jpg
First edition (UK)
AuthorRuth Rendell
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHutchinson (UK)
Crown (US)
Doubleday (Canada)
Publication date
7 September 2000
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
  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)

References[]

  1. ^ Guttridge, Peter (3 September 2000). "Observer review: Ruth Rendell". Retrieved 21 October 2017 – via www.theguardian.com.

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