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The Monkey’s Wedding brings together, for the first time, a selection of Joan Aiken’s short stories that have delighted readers for five decades. The volume contains six never‑published pieces and two stories originally released under the pseudonym Nicholas Dee. Aiken herself introduces the collection, accompanied by remarks from her daughter Lizza Aiken, offering insight into the author’s creative process. The tales range from the intriguingly quaint—a village that may itself tell a story—to the whimsical, featuring a deathbed confession from an English vicar, and the unsettling, with the arrival of a large, black, argumentative cat. Aiken’s blend of humor, intelligence and occasional fright makes this collection a captivating entry in her literary legacy.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Joan Aiken
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