The Pier Falls, a short story by English author Mark Haddon, is a disaster tale set at the seashore. - AsNotedIn
20 July 1970, the end of the afternoon. A cool breeze off the Channel, a mackerel sky overhead and, far out, a column of sunlight falling onto a trawler as if God had picked it out for some kind of blessing. The upper storeys of the Regency buildings along the front sit above a gaudy rank of coffee houses and fish bars and knick-knack shops with striped awnings selling 99s and dried seahorses in cellophane envelopes.
Mark Haddon, The Pier Falls
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/05/10 | Mark Haddon | Author | "The Pier Falls" by Mark Haddon is included in The Pier Falls: And Other Stories. |
| Particulars for The Pier Falls (short story): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| British Slang | 99 Flake | a soft serve ice cream cone stuck with a Cadbury Flake | |
| Season | English Seaside Holiday | ||
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Horror | an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Structure Use | Pleasure Pier | ||
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Art Type | Short Story | short form narrative fiction | |
| Season | Summer | ||
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