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BY KAITE WELSH
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DAYS OF AWE
A.M. Homes
After winning the Women’s Prize for Fiction for her 2012 novel, May We Be Forgiven, A.M. Homes has made a welcome return to the scene with a collection of 13 short stories that are already drawing plaudits – and when Zadie Smith of all people calls something “a razor-sharp short story collection”, you know you’re onto a winner. Unusually for a short story anthology, Homes never misses a hit. That said, A Prize For Every Player, which sees a man nominated to run for president by his fellow supermarket customers, is a particular triumph. Granta, £14.99