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Book Review: The Lottery

‘They still remembered to use stones…’

‘The power to hurt is a kind of wealth…’

‘We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane…’

‘All great and precious things are lonely…’

‘All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting…’

‘I take my work too seriously…’

‘Like all of my friends, she’s a lousy judge of character…’

‘I’d far rather be happy than right any day…’

‘With the slightest push—in just the right place—the world can be tipped…’

Welsh’s third collection of short stories…