Flamingoes in Orbit
Jacket cover illustrated by Sarah Ball of the book's first edition
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| Author | Philip Ridley |
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| Cover artist | Sarah Ball |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton |
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Publication date
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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]
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