Hieroglyphics and Other Stories Adventure his feckless and impotent teenage

his feckless and impotent teenage son despises him

find that the perpetrators are in league with forces beyond his jurisdiction

the newly promoted Detective Inspector Kathy Kolla

and the new colony on Mars is growing

Hieroglyphics and Other Stories Adventure his feckless and impotent teenageA beautiful collection charming, witty and touching these stories give voice to a variety of different characters: from the little girl who wants to look 'subtle' for her father's funeral, a child who has an email pen pal on Jupiter and an old lady who becomes a star through 'zimmerobics'. Often writing in a vibrant Glaswegian vernacular, Donovan deftly gives her characters authenticity with a searing power, aided and abetted by tender subtlety. This