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| Author | Martin Amis |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape (UK) Harmony (US) |
Publication date | 1998 (UK), 1999 (US) |
| Media type | Print, Audio & eBook |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 0-224-05126-1 |
Heavy Water and Other Stories is a collection of nine short stories by Martin Amis. It was first published in 1998 by Jonathan Cape.
The collection includes "Denton's Death" and "Let Me Count the Times," which comprised Amis's Two Stories, published in 1994. [1]
A recording of "What Happened to Me on Holiday"—read by Martin Amis—is included in the 1998 audio collection The New Yorker Out Loud. [2]
The book was widely praised upon publication.
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