{"product_id":"moderate-to-poor-occasionally-good-1","title":"Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good","description":"\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Granta Best Young British Novelist\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A thrilling love for the stuff of language ... Magical' JON McGREGOR\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Poignant and playful' DAILY MAIL\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A writer with few real rivals' IRISH TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A visionary writer' JAN CARSON\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe stunning new collection of stories from the award-winning author of The Liar's Dictionary and Attrib. and Other Stories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGranta Best Young British novelist and acclaimed author of Attrib. and other stories, Eley Williams returns with a thrilling collection of short stories exploring the nature of relationships both intimate and transient - from the easy gamesmanship of contagious yawns to the horror of a smile fixed for just a second too long.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA courtroom sketch artist delights in committing portraits of their lover to paper but their need to capture likenesses forever is revealed to have darker, more complex intentions. A child's schoolyard crush on a saint marks a confrontation with the reality of a teenage body in flux. Elsewhere, an editor of canned laughter loses their confidence and seeks divine intervention, and an essayist annotates their thoughts on Keats by way of internet-gleaned sex tips.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerate to Poor, Occasionally Good hums with fossicking language and ingenious experiments in form and considers notions of playfulness, authenticity and care as it holds relationships to account: their sweet misunderstandings, soured reflections, queer wish fulfilments and shared, held breaths.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Undeniably a skilful book' TELEGRAPH\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Stories that work from the inside out... glancing, intriguing' GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Erudite and audacious' KEIRAN GODDARD\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Frequently brilliant and deeply pleasurable' CAOILINN HUGHES\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'I don't know anyone else who can write like this ... What a joy!' BEN PESTER\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A joy for the head and the heart' RUBY COWLING\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good","offer_id":44785471226053,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-00-861896-4.jpg?v=1748902191","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/moderate-to-poor-occasionally-good-1","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}