Thirteen Ways of Looking, by Colum McCann (Bloomsbury 2015)

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A novella, and three short stories. These are fine stories, worthy of publication in this way. The novella is an unconventional murder mystery - an elderly man is attacked after leaving a restaurant where he has lunched with his son. Detectives work on the case using surveillance cameras to track the characters movements, and gradually piece together a case. The story is told from various perspectives, and in elegant prose. I love McCann's longer novels, but this will do while we wait for his next.