Robert Harris imagines the Prime Minister explaining in Parliament why he ran away from the Greenford Park gas station and hitchhiked with a fifteen-year-old girl. Roddy Doyle tells us what it's like to be in the same room as a small, hostile creature. Twelve voices, twelve completely distinct stories, as told by twelve different characters. And they have all been written by all twelve of the most important British authors. The twelve stories of this unique collection were compiled by Nick Hornby and are dedicated to the TreeHouse, a school that offers a unique and pioneering education to autistic children.
- Robert Harris, "The Apologizing Prime Minister"
- Melissa Bank, "The Wonder Spot"
- Giles Smith, "Last Orders"
- Patrick Marber, "Peter Shelley"
- Colin Firth, "The Department of Nothing"
- Zadie Smith, "I Am the Only One"
- Nick Hornby, "Christ in Close-up"
- Dave Eggers, "After They Threw Me in the River and Before I Drowned"
- Helen Fielding, "Lucky"
- Roddy Doyle, "The Slave"
- Irvine Welsh, "Confessions of a Catholic" (You know you like it)
- John O'Farrell, "Against the Wind"