num_pages: 195
description: In this collection of short stories: a ten-year-old boy uses Edinburgh buses to escape from his dysfunctional mother and her boyfriend; a retarded youth tries to join a female gang; a dead lesbian lover can't let go; and a British soldier loses the plot.
language: English
title: Nail and Other Stories
titlecomplete: Nail and Other Stories
genres: Fiction, Short Stories
ratings_count: 93
publisher: Canongate Books Ltd