Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love

A chance encounter prompts an ageing professor to regret a lifetime of wasted opportunities; A beautiful wife tests her husband by making herself hideous; For the love of a girl, a boy turns himself into a violoncello…

Funny, magical and strange, in these seven short stories Dan Rhodes lays bare the pain and enchantment of love.

Praise for Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love:

'Often macabre, always musical, Rhodes flirts with laugh-out-loud absurdity but stays in close contact with pathos…his arch, askew take on the heart's muddle flourishes.'

Uncut

'You won't find a finer collection of short love stories anywhere in the land.'

Jockey Slut

'These are fairy tales written in the detached, ethereal tones of the brothers Grimm, with an elegant simplicity that lets you find the humour if you want to'.

Daily Telegraph

'The best new writer in Britain.'

Guardian

'Funny, sharp and steeped in melancholy...Rhodes assured stories drop us with ease into his unique universe.'

The Face