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"Don't Tell Me the Truth
About Love"
by Dan Rhodes

Publisher: Canongate
Paperback
ISBN: 9781841957388
Fiction: Literary
September   Book   Club:   Tuesday,   29/09/2009   7-9 pm.   Fully   booked.
Book Introduction:
    "Don't Tell Me About Love" was the first book Rhodes wrote, and
    the second being published.  It consists of seven short stories
    reveals the mysteries of unrequited love, its knots of emotional
    complexity and shards of sudden anguish.  They are funny, sharp,
    strange, grotesque like surrealist paintings in words, steeped in
    melancholy that make the heart sing.

Author Biography:
    Dan Rhodes was named by Granta magazine as one of twenty
    'Best of Young British Novelists', The Guardian have claimed Dan
    Rhodes as the best new writer in Britain.  His latest novel 'Gold'
    (2007) was shortlisted for the 2008 Catherine MacLean Prize.

    He has published two collections of short fiction: "Anthropology:
    And a Hundred Other Stories" (2000), which contains very short,
    darkly humorous stories about romantic relationships, it hit the
    stage in July 2009.  Director Dan Bird has staged three
    performances, two in London and a grand finale at the Latitude
    Festival.

    His first novel, 'Timoleon Vieta Come Home: A Sentimental
    Journey', was published in April 2003, and is about a dog's travels
    across Italy.  Cate Le Bon has written a song about 'Timoleon
    Vieta Come Home', and it’s out on white vinyl.

    His recent published titles are 'Little White Car' (2004), and 'Gold'
    (2007).  His sixth book, 'Little Hands Clapping' will be published in
    2010.
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