A Granta Best of Young British NovelistsThe stunning new collection of stories from the award-winning author of The Liar-s Dictionary and Attrib. and Other Stories.Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good is a virtuoso new short story collection from James Tait Black Memorial Prize-winner, Eley Williams. Rich in masterful characterisation, the stories explore uncertainty and how we grapple with it, as well as misunderstandings and confusions in a world that appears bound by rules and codes, both spoken and unspoken. The collection features the story -Scrimshaw- which was shortlisted for 2020 BBC National Short Story Award.Praise for Eley Williams:''She is a writer for whom one struggles to find comparison, because she has arrived in a class of her own- Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent''Funny, playful and utterly bravura- Melissa Harrison, Financial Times''It''s exhilarating to dive into the associative rush of Williams''s writing- Vanity Fair
