Author(s): Jackie Kay

Short Stories

This series is introducing 12 intoxicating short stories from 12 of Picador's most exciting writers. The Shots aim to promote the short story as well as the work of some Picador's greatest authors. They will be contemporarily packaged but ultimately disposable books that are the ideal literary alternative to a magazine. Jackie Kay's Sonata is one of the first Picador Shots and comes from her new collection, Wish I Was Here. In Sonata, two strangers meet on a train and connect in a way that one only can when you know that you only have a few hours together, and that anything you do or say will never be held against you. One is a good listener and one is a good talker