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This is a brilliant book to read in bed. Book clubs (even the anti-shorts) need to pick up a copy. Yes. You. Do!
The idea of a "bed" being the common thread joining these disparate bouquet of stories is definitely seductive , and yes , the stories do match up to the allure !!!
As a contributing author in this book I am slightly biased, however, this really is a book that should be shared as each story has interpretations that can be great talking points in addition to being wonderful solitary journeys.
The stories in The Bed Book of Short Stories were written by authors, some new, some well-known and established, from Africa. There you have the first common denominator – they are all African writers. The second commonality among the stories is that in each of them a bed played a role.The idea of “bed” being a thread throughout the book interested me. I admit, though, knowing the writers were all from Africa intrigued me since just about all the books I read are by American, Canadian, or Britis...