The Story Smuggler Teens25 Tachibana offers Masato a proposal

Tachibana offers Masato a proposal that throws things into motion for both Masato and Ran

Foreword by former Everton player and ex-Worcester City player and manager John Barton

while redefining the clichés of manhood

beautifully illustrated story

already a modern classic and a massive bestseller around the world

The Story Smuggler Teens25 Tachibana offers Masato a proposal'Some smuggle cigarettes, others alcohol or weapons. Our contraband, being invisible, is more dangerous. Our contraband is undetectable by scanners. What we carry as concealed excess baggage is stories.' In this exquisite literary gem, Georgi Gospodinov, winner of the International Booker Prize, invites the reader on a winding journey through his own memories. He shows us a childhood under Communism, a particularly Bulgarian variety of melancholy, the