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Reality

And Other Stories

by John Lanchester

Length 4 hours 58 minutes

Language English

Narrators Richard Armitage, Hugh Quarshie, Emilia Fox & Anthony Boyle

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“Little bites of speculative fiction are such a treat, and this batch from John Lanchester mixes some interesting ideas. In one story, an unimaginative academic finds himself the victim of a digital vampire. In another, reality show contestants spend their days calculating every move and gesture for an audience that may not actually exist. It's a good blend of typical horror and digital disconnect—there's often a faint sense of satire to the stories, which makes them that much more unnerving, as if there's a punch line that never quite comes. A quick read and a good one.”
— Caitlin • Brilliant Books Audio

Summary

Ghost stories for the digital age by the Booker Prize–longlisted author of The Wall.

A mysterious tall man haunts a country house in search of a cell signal; a translator at an academic conference starts hearing things over his headset that nobody should hear; a family discovers their dependence on the latest technological gadget goes to the very foundations of human relations; and the merry contestants in a reality TV show may actually be . . . somewhere very hellish indeed. Reality and Other Stories is a book of disquiet that captures the severe disconnection and distraction of our time.

Fiction Fiction - Literary