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David Szalay's short-story series of lives in turmoil, each in some way touching the next.

Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. David Szalay's new short-story series of lives in turmoil, each in some way touching the next.

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Turbulence: Sao Paolo to Toronto

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Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories.  David Szalay's new short story series.

David Szalay's gripping new short story series. Twelve travellers journey around the globe, each with a tale to tell. Today: a Tinder date in Brazil ends awkwardly...

Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. 

In David Szalay's gripping short story series, twelve travellers circumnavigate the globe en route to see lovers, children, parents, brothers and sisters, or nobody at all.  From London to Madrid, Dakar to Sao Paolo, Seattle to Hong Kong, and beyond, these are stories of lives in turmoil, each in some way touching the next. 

Today: the morning after a Tinder date in a Brazilian metropolis...

Writer: David Szalay's linked collection of short stories, All That Man Is, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and Szalay was included in Granta magazine's 2013 list of the best young British novelists.
Reader: Thalissa Teixeira
Producer: Justine Willett
Original Music: Kirsten Morrison

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