Nail and Other Stories ("Rebel Inc") (edition 2000)

by Laura J. Hird

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In this collection of short stories: a ten-year-old boy uses Edinburgh buses to escape from his dysfunctional mother and her boyfriend; a retarded youth tries to join a female gang; a dead lesbian lover can't let go; and a British soldier loses the plot.

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Title:	Nail and Other Stories ("Rebel Inc")
Authors:	Laura J. Hird
Info:	Canongate Pub Ltd (2000), Paperback, 240 pages
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For Ecky Plum

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AT FIRST I thought it was a spale.

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In this collection of short stories: a ten-year-old boy uses Edinburgh buses to escape from his dysfunctional mother and her boyfriend; a retarded youth tries to join a female gang; a dead lesbian lover can't let go; and a British soldier loses the plot.

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