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An Infinite Summer on a hot Edwardian afternoon, young Thomas proposes to the enchanting Sarah, only to find that they have been frozen in time ... Thomas finds himself free - thirty-two years later - but Sarah, it seems, has been captured for all eternity ... Whores a soldier embarks on an hallucinatory quest for sexual satisfaction - and is plunged into a nightmare ... Palely Loitering imagine a bridge where Tomorrow is on the other side ... The Negation a young poet meets the idol of his literary dreams - with uncanny results ... The Watched the mutually dependant relationship between voyeur and victim turns into a violent and frightening obsession ... Here are five startlingly original stories which consolidate Christopher Priest's reputation as one of the most remarkable writers of his generation.