Elliot Perlman 
Reasons I Won’t Be Coming 

A ‘compulsively readable’ (Elle) collection of stories, full of passion and intelligence.A prize-winning collection of stories from the author of the international bestsellers Three Dollars, Seven Types of Ambiguity and The Street Sweeper. Passionate, witty, vulnerable, honest – these are the distinctive features of the stories in this collection. Elliot Perlman’s clever and thoughtful tales explore the complex worlds of lovers, poets, lawyers, immigrants, students and murderers; the corporate betrayals, the lost opportunities, the hopes, the fears and the vagaries of desire.