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Kirkus Reviews Best Short Fiction of 2021 Selection
Ghost stories for the digital age by the Booker Prize–longlisted author of
The Wall.
Trade Review"A smart book, scary as hell, and also a whole lot of fun…[
Reality and Other Stories is] as endlessly entertaining as it is legitimately frightening." -- Michael Schaub, NPR.org
"Ingenious…[Lanchester's stories] send a shiver down the spine." -- Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal
"John Lanchester's collection of tech-y ghost stories seems especially appealing right now...The eight tales in Lanchester's
Reality and Other Stories are meant to entertain, to take you out of yourself for a space—and that they deftly do." -- Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air
"This intriguing debut collection grapples with technology and its illusion of convenience, choice and escape. Lanchester, a British novelist and journalist, has a sharp eye for social class and setting in his ghost stories for the digital age." -- Vanessa Hua, New York Times Book Review
"Brisk, vinegar-sharp satires that horrify and amuse in equal measure." -- Guardian
"A mind-bending collection about the multifaceted scariness of the way we live now." -- Times Literary Supplement (UK)
"Very clever, very modern 'entertainments.'" -- Financial Times (UK)
"Across these immensely enjoyable and varied tales, Lanchester embraces the camp silliness of the gothic sensibility, while also making astute observations about our ever-developing digital reality." -- Booklist
