Affairs of a Cardiovascular Nature

By Terry Grimwood

Book Overview

Terry Grimwood is an author who has made a name for himself with his very powerful, human and wide-ranging fiction, covering horror, speculative, dystopian and other styles. This mini-collection gathers together some of his more innovative and experimental short fiction from all across that range. The title story is a grotesquely hilarious, absurdist and very British tale of love, intrigue and the exchange of hearts that reads like a post-modern PG Wodehouse fever-dream. It is joined by a collection of miniatures in the form of monologues or dialogues, ranging from a dystopian sales pitch and the political horrors revealed through a farcically unnerving interrogation, to a quiet restaurant meeting where the topic of discussion could hardly be greater or more shattering. Affairs of a Cardiovascular Nature is an unusual example of British slipstream writing, a complex and bittersweet confection that deserves to be taken slowly.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913766020
• ISBN13: 9781913766023
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Eibonvale Press
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"