Flamingoes in Orbit
 Jacket cover illustrated by Sarah Ball of the book's first edition | |
| Author | Philip Ridley |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Sarah Ball |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton |
Publication date | 1990 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 182 |
| ISBN | 0-241-12922-2 |
Flamingoes in Orbit is a collection of short stories by Philip Ridley. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Hamish Hamilton ltd in 1990.[1][2] It was Ridley's third literary work for adults after his 1988 novella Crocodilia[3] and his 1989 novel In The Eyes of Mr Fury.[4]
Stories
The book is composed of thirteen short stories, with the title story first:
- Flamingoes in Orbit
- The Turbulence of Butterfly Wings
- Embracing Verdi
- Pins
- Towers of Belief
- What We Care to Remember
- The Fear of Hyacinths
- A Shoe Three Inches Big
- Leviathan
- What's Here
- Rattlesnake
- Go
- The Barbaric Continuity
Previously published stories
Before the full publication of the collection two of Ridley's stories had already appeared in other anthologies. Embracing Verdi had appeared in the collection Oranges and lemons: stories by gay men (edited by David Rees and Peter Robbins) in 1987[5] and Leviathan was featured in the collection 20 Under 35: Original Stories by Britain's Best New Young Writers (edited by Peter Straus) in 1988.[6]
References
- ↑ Cooke, Judy (11 May 1990). "Private Hells". New Statesman & Society. 3 (100): 40.
- ↑ Kaveney, Roz (22 June 1990). "Hard and soft men". The Times Literary Supplement (4551): 674.
- ↑ Philip Ridley. "Crocodilia:". Amazon.co.uk. ISBN 9780946189175. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
- ↑ Philip Ridley. "In the Eyes of Mr Fury". Amazon.co.uk. ISBN 9780140107326. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
- ↑ David Rees (February 1987). Oranges and lemons: stories by gay men. Third House. ISBN 978-1-870188-00-5.
- ↑ "20 under 35 : Original Stories by Britains best new young writers: Amazon.co.uk: Peter (editor) Straus: Books". Aamazon.co.uk.