The Body in the Mobile Library & Other Stories

‘These stories go down as easily and deliciously as a tray of chocolates. But beware: each chocolate has a tiny grenade inside! Staggering and unforgettable storytelling’
‘It was a great pleasure to read one of Peter Bradshaw’s stories on Radio 4, and now it’s an even greater one to read his whole collection, which is by turns funny and macabre’ -- Michael Maloney
‘These funny, improbable vignettes make for a face-pullingly interesting read. Bradshaw relishes the grotesque and improbable; his set-ups are outrageously inventive. But the stories don’t tip so far into absurdity as to feel unconvincing. Characters are sympathetically drawn and their longings, insecurities, vanities and weaknesses feel all too credible. That’s what makes the rug-pulling moments so effective’ -- The Spectator
‘The Body in the Mobile Library is mischievous, often raunchy and always teetering on perversity. Much like sex between two of his characters, it is a “a sensually abrasive congress of such abandon” that a mug or two might get broken along the way’ -- ‍Literary Review
‘A triumph of morbid understatement… Bradshaw masterfully reworks the nether end of lived experience. A social observer by instinct, he picks out the detail behind the closed doors of dolls houses in this studiedly unassuming collection, a book of counter-intuition and surprise’ -- ‍Yorkshire Times
‘A triumph of morbid understatement… Bradshaw masterfully reworks the nether end of lived experience. A social observer by instinct, he picks out the detail behind the closed doors of dolls houses in this studiedly unassuming collection, a book of counter-intuition and surprise’ - ‍Yorkshire Times || ‘It was a great pleasure to read one of Peter Bradshaw’s stories on Radio 4, and now it’s an even greater one to read his whole collection, which is by turns funny and macabre’ - Michael Maloney || ‘The Body in the Mobile Library is mischievous, often raunchy and always teetering on perversity. Much like sex between two of his characters, it is a “a sensually abrasive congress of such abandon” that a mug or two might get broken along the way’ - ‍Literary Review || ‘These funny, improbable vignettes make for a face-pullingly interesting read. Bradshaw relishes the grotesque and improbable; his set-ups are outrageously inventive. But the stories don’t tip so far into absurdity as to feel unconvincing. Characters are sympathetically drawn and their longings, insecurities, vanities and weaknesses feel all too credible. That’s what makes the rug-pulling moments so effective’ - The Spectator || ‘These stories go down as easily and deliciously as a tray of chocolates. But beware: each chocolate has a tiny grenade inside! Staggering and unforgettable storytelling’
‘A triumph of morbid understatement… Bradshaw masterfully reworks the nether end of lived experience. A social observer by instinct, he picks out the detail behind the closed doors of dolls houses in this studiedly unassuming collection, a book of counter-intuition and surprise’ - ‍Yorkshire Times || ‘It was a great pleasure to read one of Peter Bradshaw’s stories on Radio 4, and now it’s an even greater one to read his whole collection, which is by turns funny and macabre’ - Michael Maloney || ‘The Body in the Mobile Library is mischievous, often raunchy and always teetering on perversity. Much like sex between two of his characters, it is a “a sensually abrasive congress of such abandon” that a mug or two might get broken along the way’ - ‍Literary Review || ‘These funny, improbable vignettes make for a face-pullingly interesting read. Bradshaw relishes the grotesque and improbable; his set-ups are outrageously inventive. But the stories don’t tip so far into absurdity as to feel unconvincing. Characters are sympathetically drawn and their longings, insecurities, vanities and weaknesses feel all too credible. That’s what makes the rug-pulling moments so effective’ - The Spectator || ‘These stories go down as easily and deliciously as a tray of chocolates. But beware: each chocolate has a tiny grenade inside! Staggering and unforgettable storytelling’