The Accidentals by Guadalupe Nettel #literature John Coltrane and Lord Jim

John Coltrane and Lord Jim

Marlowe finds himself drawn into a sordid crowd of adulterers and alcoholics in LA's Idle Valley

producing distinctive music videos for Pet Shop Boys and The Smiths

on Harry’s eleventh birthday

the unassuming pub landlord

The Accidentals by Guadalupe Nettel #literature John Coltrane and Lord JimWhen an albatross strays too far from its home, or loses its bearings, it becomes an accidental, an unmoored wanderer. The protagonists of these eight stories each find the ordinary courses of their lives disrupted by an unexpected event and are pushed into unfamiliar terrain: a girl encounters her uncle in hospital, who was cast out of the family for reasons unknown; a menacing force hovers over a fracturing family on a rural holiday; a couple and