Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. In David Szalay's masterful short story series, twelve travellers circumnavigate the globe en route to see lovers, children, parents, brothers and sisters, or nobody at all. From London to Madrid, Dakar to Sao Paolo, Seattle to Hong Kong, and beyond, these are stories of lives in turmoil, each in some way touching the next. Today: a daughter flies back to London, where her father is about to receive some life-or-death news.... Writer:...

Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. In David Szalay's masterful short story series, twelve travellers circumnavigate the globe en route to see lovers, children, parents, brothers and sisters, or nobody at all. From London to Madrid, Dakar to Sao Paolo, Seattle to Hong Kong, and beyond, these are stories of lives in turmoil, each in some way touching the next. Today: a mother learns some uncomfortable truths about herself, when she meets her daughter in Budapest... Writer:...

Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. In David Szalay's masterful short story series, twelve travellers circumnavigate the globe en route to see lovers, children, parents, brothers and sisters, or nobody at all. From London to Madrid, Dakar to Sao Paolo, Seattle to Hong Kong, and beyond, these are stories of lives in turmoil, each in some way touching the next. Today: an Indian worker in Qatar wrestles with some very uncomfortable emotions... Writer: David Szalay Reader:...

Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. In David Szalay's deeply moving short story series, twelve travellers circumnavigate the globe en route to see lovers, children, parents, brothers and sisters, or nobody at all. From London to Madrid, Dakar to Sao Paolo, Seattle to Hong Kong, and beyond, these are stories of lives in turmoil, each in some way touching the next. Today: when a woman flies to aid her sister in Kerala, their relationship is rocked by unexpected...

Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. In David Szalay's masterful short story series, twelve travellers circumnavigate the globe en route to see lovers, children, parents, brothers and sisters, or nobody at all. From London to Madrid, Dakar to Sao Paolo, Seattle to Hong Kong, and beyond, these are stories of lives in turmoil, each in some way touching the next. Today: a son flies in to see his increasingly frail and forgetful father in Delhi... Writer: David Szalay Reader:...

Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. In David Szalay's masterful short story series, twelve travellers circumnavigate the globe en route to see lovers, children, parents, brothers and sisters, or nobody at all. From London to Madrid, Dakar to Sao Paolo, Seattle to Hong Kong, and beyond, these are stories of lives in turmoil, each in some way touching the next. Today: old wounds resurface when two brothers meet for a golfing weekend in Vietnam... Writer: David Szalay Reader:...

Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. In David Szalay's deeply moving short story series, twelve travellers circumnavigate the globe en route to see lovers, children, parents, brothers and sisters, or nobody at all. From London to Madrid, Dakar to Sao Paolo, Seattle to Hong Kong, and beyond, these are stories of lives in turmoil, each in some way touching the next. In today's story, on a flight back to Hong Kong, a wife is torn between love and lust. Writer: David...

Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. In David Szalay's gripping short story series, twelve travellers circumnavigate the globe en route to see lovers, children, parents, brothers and sisters, or nobody at all. From London to Madrid, Dakar to Sao Paolo, Seattle to Hong Kong, and beyond, these are stories of lives in turmoil, each in some way touching the next. In today's story, a well-known Canadian dashes for a last-minute flight to see her new grandchild... Writer: David...

Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. In David Szalay's gripping short story series, twelve travellers circumnavigate the globe en route to see lovers, children, parents, brothers and sisters, or nobody at all. From London to Madrid, Dakar to Sao Paolo, Seattle to Hong Kong, and beyond, these are stories of lives in turmoil, each in some way touching the next. Today: the morning after a Tinder date in a Brazilian metropolis... Writer: David Szalay's linked collection of...

Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. Patrick Kennedy continues David Szalay's deeply moving short story series. Twelve travellers circumnavigate the globe en route to see lovers, children, parents, or nobody at all. From London to Madrid, Dakar to Sao Paulo, Seattle to Hong Kong, and beyond, these are stories of lives in turmoil, each in some way touching the next. In today's story, a tragic accident in a Senegal market takes a German pilot back to his...

Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. Jude Akuwudike continues David Szalay's gripping short story series, Turbulence. Twelve travellers circumnavigate the globe en route to see lovers, children, parents, or nobody at all. From London to Madrid, Dakar to Sao Paolo, Seattle to Hong Kong, and beyond, these are stories of lives in turmoil, each in some way touching the next. Today: an African businessman lands back in Senegal to find his world has shifted... Writer: David...

Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. Sara Kestelman kicks off David Szalay's gripping short story series. Twelve travellers circumnavigate the globe en route to see lovers, children, parents, or nobody at all. From London to Madrid, Dakar to Sao Paolo, Seattle to Hong Kong, and beyond, these are stories of lives in turmoil, each in some way touching the next. Today: a woman faces her darkest fears on a flight home to Madrid.... Writer: David Szalay is an acclaimed British...

Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve tales. David Szalay’s gripping new short story series.