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This Is How You Disappear Kindle Edition

by Allen Miles (Author), Kenny Crow (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 out of 5 stars 33 ratings

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This Is How You Disappear is the second major work by Amazon best-selling author Allen Miles. This ferocious set of stories and prose takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride through rain-soaked gutters and shadowy back streets, meeting a grotesque cast of drunks, drop-outs, and lost souls along the way.

Both hilarious and heart-breaking in equal measures. This Is How You Disappear is never less than utterly gripping, and encompasses all the grit, blood and poison of Northern England.

The stories featured within this collection are:

* This Is How You Disappear
* Innocent
* Brake Lights
* The First Aider
* The Disheartening Tale Of Kevin Pawson
* Blue And Yellow Stripes
* The Holy Dusk Tricolore
* Home
* Paradise
* Nebraska, East Yorkshire
* 18 Days


Praise for Allen Miles' work



"This collection is a work of art. Allen Miles has an uncanny knack for painting the despair that goes on behind every rust covered keyhole, broken window, and tortured mind in the bleakest of fashions. That said, he knows exactly when to turn on the humour and he scores with every single one of these tales. I can't recommend it highly enough." - Ryan Bracha, author of Strangers Are Just Friends You Haven't Killed Yet and Paul Carter is a Dead Man.
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  1. Print length
    311 pages
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  4. Publication date
    24 Oct. 2014
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00O293F84
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Abrachadabra Books
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 24 Oct. 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 840 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 311 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Customer reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars 33 ratings

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Customers find the book's stories vivid and varied, with exceptional writing and acerbically funny moments. Moreover, the book is emotionally intelligent, with one customer noting how it makes readers feel the characters' despair. Additionally, customers appreciate its readability.

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Customers enjoy the stories in the book, which are vivid and varied, with one customer noting that each one is different from the last.

"...The stories are vivid and varied and fuse together feelings that the writer must of experienced or absorbed from a close source due to the level of..." Read more

"This is a collection of short and not so short tales and saga's set in the north of England...." Read more

"This is a collection of stories of various lengths but all similarly dealing with the dark and desperate side of life...." Read more

"...The stories are real, touching and honest. Sometimes painfully so...." Read more

7 customers mention ‘Emotional intelligence’7 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's emotional intelligence, with one mentioning how it sends readers' emotions to hell and back, while another notes how it makes them feel the characters' despair.

"...The stories are vivid and varied and fuse together feelings that the writer must of experienced or absorbed from a close source due to the level of..." Read more

"...However, Miles's writing is wonderfully evocative and sympathetic enough for the reader to want to go on their journey, realising sooner or later..." Read more

"...I enjoyed the writing style. It was direct and made you feel the characters’ despair, the places they lived and even the weather conditions they..." Read more

"...A collection of stories based on deeply emotional scenarios many of us could relate to in terms of misery, depression, irony... basically all of the..." Read more

7 customers mention ‘Readability’7 positive0 negative

Customers find the book well worth reading, with one customer particularly enjoying the collection of stories.

"...is a great collection of stories, This is How You Disappear is a great find...." Read more

"...It was compelling reading. I enjoyed the writing style...." Read more

"...-time favourite authors, and I hope he continues to write such captivating works in the future...." Read more

"Excellent book! Exceptional writing, really insightful, will resonate with many people. Hope to read more this author, genuinely gifted. Loved it." Read more

7 customers mention ‘Writing quality’7 positive0 negative

Customers praise the exceptional writing of the book, with one describing it as a thought-provoking collection and another noting its beautiful descriptive style.

"...However, Miles's writing is wonderfully evocative and sympathetic enough for the reader to want to go on their journey, realising sooner or later..." Read more

"...It’s good writing which makes you want to intervene in a story’s progress...." Read more

"Excellent book! Exceptional writing, really insightful, will resonate with many people. Hope to read more this author, genuinely gifted. Loved it." Read more

"...The author's writing gets better and better." Read more

4 customers mention ‘Humor’4 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's humor, describing it as acerbically funny and expressively creepy noir.

"...Its got such a great mix in tone that blends the expressively creepy noire with great character comedy and it doesnt fail to paint a picture of..." Read more

"...The stories are acerbically funny at times too. They will make you laugh at the people inhabiting these stories and occasionally with them...." Read more

"This is a truly authentic voice of Hull. Gripping, blackly comic and often heartbreaking. The author's writing gets better and better." Read more

"...Although they are bleak there are still moments of humour and hope. Beautifully written and really made me think." Read more

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  • David Gouldson
    5.0 out of 5 stars A blend of expressively creepy noire and great character comedy!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 January 2015
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    I'm not one for reviews usually but I must say this is a great collection of stories, This is How You Disappear is a great find. I bought it on paperback as the artwork looks brilliant and it sits proudly on my shelf. Its got such a great mix in tone that blends the expressively creepy noire with great character comedy and it doesnt fail to paint a picture of another side of the park that we never cross but we all wonder about.

    To say its dark is an understatement but that is just a layer of what makes up the writers stories. The stories are vivid and varied and fuse together feelings that the writer must of experienced or absorbed from a close source due to the level of detail he can reach. I was instantly drawn in to the heartbreak, the uncomfortable love, the lost souls and that was just my favourite story from the book. If your looking for a pick and mix of emotional fractures and back street adventures then I really recommend this cracking piece of work!
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  • Robert C
    5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful writing
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 November 2014
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    This is a collection of short and not so short tales and saga's set in the north of England. Initially the main characters seem to have been drawn from the wasters and losers end of the gene pool. However, Miles's writing is wonderfully evocative and sympathetic enough for the reader to want to go on their journey, realising sooner or later that they're not really any different from the rest of us (or maybe it's just me). If it were film it would be Black and white, filled with cynical self-destructive angry young men and autumn winds, bleak but sweetened by a taste of hope…usually. One of the stories refers to Springsteen's Nebraska album, track by track, and that’s a better analogy than I could come up with. But don’t bother with analogies, just read the book, but be prepared. Some books are read, others are experienced and I found myself pretty drained after reading this, particularly after the last story. That’s what good writing should do. It should get into your nervous system, owning your attention for however long it takes to be finished with you. And this is very, very good writing.
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  • Ignite
    4.0 out of 5 stars Well worth reading
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 December 2014
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    This is a collection of stories of various lengths but all similarly dealing with the dark and desperate side of life. The characters in this book fall into the troughs of life, often not through their own fault, and then can’t pull themselves out. The latter sometimes is their own fault. So many times I wanted to shake them and tell them to pull themselves together and stop drinking so much. It’s good writing which makes you want to intervene in a story’s progress. These were people suffering life’s extremes, clinging to the dark underbelly of a Northern town and their stories sparkled with pain and anxiety like glass shards in a carpet. It was compelling reading.

    I enjoyed the writing style. It was direct and made you feel the characters’ despair, the places they lived and even the weather conditions they encountered. I felt it was a little rough round the edges and could be polished up with some editorial input. Altogether a gripping, dark set of stories, well worth reading.
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  • Mich Dee
    3.0 out of 5 stars Committed Read for Digital Generation.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 December 2014
    They say that most new authors write from personal experience - write what you know etc. On the evidence of this second title Miles' ought to be checking into a secure facility just about now and receiving a lifetimes supply of Largactyl.

    Despite a few jarring words, and some precarious moral positions, this collection of bite-size tales will have you coming back for more. Each tale stands alone and can be read in any order, which I liked. I could just pick it up and read a title that took my fancy, bit like flicking to a particular track on the iPod.

    You can forgive the twists in plot that don't hold together and the author's reoccurring penchant for characters using high culture to represent their desire to rise above their station in life, escape their self or situation. Look forward to seeing how this voice develops.
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  • Grant N.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Misery Loves Company
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 January 2015
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    I've just finished reading this book and quite simply cannot recommend it highly enough. If you enjoy things that are a little gloomy, or a lot for that matter, then this collection of short stories is for you. The stories are real, touching and honest. Sometimes painfully so. The characters are trodden-on, hopeless excuses who blame life for their misfortune and misery when they probably shouldn’t and they are all people we know. Or people we have been ourselves from time to time.
    The stories are acerbically funny at times too. They will make you laugh at the people inhabiting these stories and occasionally with them. The humour is funny because it is true. They will entice you in and won’t let you go. You will want to meet these characters and sit down with them in a smoky pub and tell them to get their lives together before slapping them across the face and buying them another drink.
    They are the literary equivalent of an evening spent alone with a bottle of wine and the Manics, The Cure and The Smiths on your CD player. They won't always make you feel happy but they will definitely make you feel. They say that misery loves company and if that is true then you won't find any better company than this. Anywhere.
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  • Craig Furchtenicht
    5.0 out of 5 stars Misery and despair in its purest form
    Reviewed in the United States on 16 November 2014
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    Allen Miles has a way of pulling you into the murky depths of his protagonist's bent psyche and spitting you out the other side, forever altered in your way of seeing the world around you. I both loathe him and thank him for that. The stories within are dark and full of self-loathing individuals who tend to be their own worst enemies. During the span of the few days it took me to read this work I found myself judging my peers with the same uneasy suspicions that Miles pumps into his unforgettable characters. I had not a drop to drink during my read, yet I always closed the book feeling either slightly buzzed or hungover. That my friends is when you know you have stumbled upon a truly talented author of the highest of calibers.
    My favorite story was The First Aider, but that may just reflect on my own vindictive character. Each work is worth the price of admission.
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