Topics About Which I Know Nothing
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Patrick Ness. Topics About Which I Know Nothing
From the reviews of Topics About Which I Know Nothing:
Contents
Introduction to the New Edition
implied violence. 1
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the way all trends do
Ponce de Leon is a retired married couple from Toronto
Jesus’ elbows and other Christian urban myths. Jesus Was Double-Jointed
The Missing Day
President Woodrow Wilson Tried to Be the Antichrist (and Failed)
The Masonic Bible
The Secret Order of the Children of the Popes
Daylight Savings Time Is the Work of the Devil
Dinosaurs on the Ark
Ronald Reagan Was the Anti-Antichrist
Christian Conversion On Crashing Plane
Screams From Burning Harry Potter Books
Hitler Tried to Fake the Second Coming
Henry Kissinger Is the Antichrist
quis custodiet ipsos custodes? 1
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Sydney is a city of jaywalkers. I
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2,115 opportunities
the motivations of Sally Rae Wentworth, Amazon. Lucia ‘Tippi’ Ponce-Jones takes Julian Buxton, starts war
You may have heard of me
War begins with an attack on the Chartered Accountancy Protectorate Luton Arms Depot, and also with paperwork
Naturalization
The motivations of Lucia ‘Tippi’ Ponce-Jones
The missionary work of the ASBCofCinG on the Isle of Man
Why I love who I am
I do not ask you
The war escalates, as wars will
The missionary work of the ASBCofCinG on the Isle of Man continues, its consequences
The straw that broke the camel’s back of Lucia ‘Tippi’ Ponce-Jones
My title incorporates duplicity within itself
They have asked for an assassination
And then despite the best efforts of your narrator
I have been summoned
the Seventh International Military War Games Dance Committee Quadrennial Competition and Jamboree
Ideals That Surprised Everyone By Working
Keeping Things Heep
Exhibit One: Cheating, Letter vs. Spirit
Exhibit Two: Amateur vs. Professional
Exhibit Three: The Increase of Casualties
Whither the Jamboree?
The Future?
the gifted
now that you’ve died
Notes and Acknowledgements
About the Author
By the same author
Copyright
About the Publisher
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‘Here are 10 short fictions, each of which works as a showcase for Ness’s highly quirky imagination … Each story is a tasty titbit, to be savoured briefly before moving on to the next one. What makes these stories so delightful is that there actually is something very substantial at work behind them, however airy they seem at first. They’ll lodge in the mind.’ Guardian
‘Ness’s first collection brims with inventiveness and creative audacity.’ Daily Telegraph
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‘I might today, if you don’t invite her.’
We prepare ourselves for an awkward moment when the day ends, but Tammy just bags up the jumper she’s slung over the back of her chair, waves bye, and leaves.
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