A dying woman lies in a hospital bed and appropriates another patient's identity to acquire her coveted blackcurrant cordial... and her visitor. A man adopts the role of detective to satisfy - with disastrous consequences - his curiosity about his wife's friend. A monkey is given a computer and uses it to update a Shakespearean Tragedy. People begin journeys and never end them, or live through lifetimes in the space of a single dream. This collection brings together prize-winning and critically acclaimed stories.
