{"product_id":"c-david-jones-shelley-oskar-9781764068208","title":"Oskar","description":"Oskar and Nineteen Other Unexpected TalesA frozen cat comes back to life. A surgeon attempts the Tasman Sea in a paddleboat. An AI-powered car won't take 'no' for an answer.In this sharp, strange, and superbly written collection of short stories, award-winning author and surgeon David C. Shelley Jones invites you into twenty wildly imaginative worlds-each with its own twist.Spanning genres and geographies, these tales are by turns dark, comic, heartfelt and absurd. You'll meet a couple trapped in a water tank after a fire, an ex-serviceman returning to Vietnam, and a pub brawl that goes very, very wrong.Some stories are speculative, some literary, some downright bizarre-but all are unexpected.Perfect for fans of:Short fiction with biteBlack humour and surreal scenariosAussie storytelling with an international lensThought-provoking literary fiction\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWith accolades in international literary competitions and a writing voice as original as it is entertaining, David C. Shelley Jones brings his offbeat perspective to the page with skill and irreverent charm.If you are a fan of Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell; Pastoralia by George Saunders and Table for Two by Amor Towles, you will love Oskar and Nineteen Other Unexpected Tales.","brand":"David C. Shelley Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53700059169110,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781764068208_1.jpg?v=1778864837","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/c-david-jones-shelley-oskar-9781764068208","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}