Ways of Telling

<b>"<i>Ways of Telling</i> isn't like any other book. Is it social reportage, the eye at the keyhole, the ear at the door? It is its own thing."—Margaret Atwood</b><br><br><b>"Fractured, haunting, intimate and totally original, <i>Ways of Telling </i>knocked the breath out of me. It's dangerously exact, wilfully ambitious, wild in its scope and perfect in its precision." —Olivia Laing</b><br><br>From the author of the UK bestseller <i>Bertie, May & Mrs Fish </i>comes an extraordinary new collection of unforgettable stories. As a bystander at Princess Diana's funeral, a fan at a James Brown concert, a passenger on a Welsh bus and a patient in a hectic hospital, Xandra Bingley's vivid portraits of everyday experience remind us of the fleeting and mysterious transience of life.<br><br>"A sharp, wise and knowing eye, combined with a rare delicacy of prose — this is unlike anything else you will have read. An absolute treat." — Andrew Marr