Dangerous Pleasures, Patrick Gale
Dangerous Pleasures, Patrick Gale
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Dangerous Pleasures
A Decade of Stories

Author: Patrick Gale

Narrator: Patrick Gale

Unabridged: 7 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tinder Press

Published: 12/13/2018

Synopsis

Gentle, witty and sometimes disturbing, DANGEROUS PLEASURES is Patrick Gale's first collection of much loved short stories

'Nattily subversive, sexually ambiguous, intelligent and disturbing. The prose sizzles with acidic observation' Sunday Times

A funeral party ends in an unexpected manner; parents are faced with difficult decisions about their daughter; a housewife transforms her personality with a simple touch-up; a father's trip to his former school brings back memories of love he thought buried forever.

From gothic thrills and twisted comedy to moving family vignettes, Dangerous Pleasures offers a memorable collection of Patrick Gale's brilliant short stories of marriage, sex and mortality.

(P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About Patrick Gale

Patrick Gale was born on the Isle of Wight and now lives on a farm near Land's End. One of this country's best-loved novelists, his most recent works are A Place Called Winter, Take Nothing With You and Mother's Boy. His BBC 'Queer Britannia' television drama, Man In An Orange Shirt, was shown to great acclaim in 2017 and won an International Emmy Award.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alanna on May 23, 2023

Naughty, queer, impeccably written. What more could a gal ask for?......more

Goodreads review by Ginsoakedboy on August 29, 2012

I am a fan of Patrick's work and I also like short stories on occasion. Rather than review each story I'll give you an overview as you will, after all, be buying the whole collection. This collection is pretty varied, some that have an almost Stephen King-ness about them with unexpected gothic twists......more

Goodreads review by Marianne on August 12, 2020

A captivating collection of short stories by Patrick Gale with plenty of twists to keep the reader in suspense. Rarely a dull moment in these rather steamy short stories, they are full of characters who break with convention and seek, frequently through 'dangerous pleasure', to break with the norm.......more

Goodreads review by Liam on January 11, 2023

I have admired Patrick Gale since coming across an excerpt from Rough Music (which I went on to read) in an anthology way to many years ago. He is a fine writer but one who perhaps I don't love, none of his books come to mind as essential, the sort I return to again and again. If anything he wrote i......more

Goodreads review by Andrea on July 31, 2018

Interesting group of stories, with a twist or two to keep you uncomfortable and thinking.......more

Quotes

Sly, cool and mischievous Guardian

Nattily subversive, sexually ambiguous, intelligent and disturbing. The prose sizzles with acidic observation Sunday Times

Not one of these eleven stories is a dud. Witty, moving and very much alive Time Out

Gale has long been a master of short fiction. So it comes as no surprise to find that his first collection of stories shows him to be an adept of the art ... the form utilises all his strengths of acute observation, gentle wit and humane acceptance of human diversity ... Wit and wisdom, metaphor and moment constantly combine to delight The Times

Patrick Gale revels in absurd risks. It's the promise of an unexpected, and potentially implausible outcome that entices you into his stories. The prose sizzles with acidic observations Independent on Sunday

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