description: A collection that explores what it is to be human. Never neatly resolved, these provocative and unforgettable stories resonate with honesty and wry humour and introduce us to a major new talent.
language: English
title: Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. Z.Z. Packer
titlecomplete: Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. Z.Z. Packer
genres: Short Stories, American, Short Story Collection, Literary Fiction, Adult Fiction, Literature, Race, African American, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 7326
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Guardian First Book Award
category: Also Commended, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: California Book Award
category: First Fiction (Silver), awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: ALA Alex Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
category: Debut Fiction, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
publisher: Canongate Books