Cover art for Just an Ordinary Day
Published
Penguin Modern Classics, March 2017
ISBN
9780141983202
Format
Softcover, 496 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 13.2cm × 2cm

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A remarkable collection of dark, funny and haunting short stories from the inimitable author of 'The Lottery'

An anxious devil, a malicious old woman and a mid-century Jack the Ripper; a pursuit though a nightmarish city, a small boy's thrilling train ride with a female thief, and a town where the possibility of evil lurks behind perfect rose bushes. This is the world of Shirley Jackson, by turns frightening, funny, strange and unforgettably revealed in this collection of brilliant stories from the author of 'The Lottery'.

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