Because They Wanted To Gillian Armstrong Set amid a soot-choked Pennsylvania

Set amid a soot-choked Pennsylvania landscape

50 years on the novel's strength is undiminished

‘A literary masterpiece’ DAILY MAIL

this book also serves as an excellent background to the role of Iran in the contemporary world

was filled with music spots but surprisingly there were no infrastructure to immortalise those musical riches

Because They Wanted To Gillian Armstrong Set amid a soot-choked PennsylvaniaA bestselling collection of short stories from the American master storyteller Mary Gaitskill, author of Bad Behavior. First published in the late 1990s and a bestseller at the time, this incisive collection of short stories explores connection and disconnection in families, between ex lovers and friends. From a father reflecting on the daughter whose lesbianism he cannot accept, to two people who were once young together stumbling over the