Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It (Paperback)
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Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It (Paperback)

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Published: 04/03/2010
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Now adapted into major film, Certain Women, starring Kristen Stewart and Michelle Williams

Caught between opposing forces - fidelity and desire, impulse and security, innocence and experience - these unforgettable characters have each reached a fork in the road. But what kind of fool only wants it one way?

Funny, sly and sparkling with energy, Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It confirms Maile Meloy as an enthralling storyteller.

Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 9781847674166
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 164 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 15 mm
Edition: Main


MEDIA REVIEWS

Brilliant. - Helen Fielding

Meloy's style is as fresh and brisk as an ocean breeze. - Sunday Times

Clever, calm, funny . . . absolutely compulsive. - Daily Telegraph

Meloy writes wonderfully well. - Guardian

A true and rare find. - Richard Ford

Moving, compassionate and amusing. - Daily Mail

She's such a talented and unpredictable writer that I'm officially joining her fan club. - Guardian

Meloy writes with both fearlessness and true compassion, two talents that are rarely combined. - Ann Patchett on LIARS AND SAINTS

Meloy writes elegantly and precisely, never wasting a word...a terrific read. - Time Out on Meloy's HALF IN LOVE

Meloy is able to give convincing voice to a huge range of characters...and she harnesses skilfully the power of the untold secrets that underlie the story. - Guardian on Meloy's LIARS AND SAINTS

Wise, witty and beautifully written - Helen Fielding on LIARS AND SAINTS

The opening story in this deft collection could be Annie Proulx, while the last recalls Tobias Wolff . . . Maile Meloy has a range and flexibility well beyond her years . . . There is an exactitude and simplicity to these assured and beautifully constructed stories, which are often told from the perspective of those who lack much authority over their lives. - Observer

One of the best of our contemporary short-story writers, Maile Meloy's star is rapidly rising - and this brilliant collection shows why. - Sunday Business Post

Meloy has such a sure handle in what to leave out. Her style is impressively unshowy: it's not even showily unshowy, not seeing the need to draw attention to its pared-down restraint. - London Review of Books

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